MB&F M.A.D. Gallery Dubai presents Oefner’s “Disintegrating II” photo series

The Middle East’s first mechanical art gallery, is currently showcasing a stunning photo series portraying iconic sports cars exploding

The MB&F M.A.D. Gallery Dubai, the Middle East’s first mechanical art gallery, is currently presenting a series, ‘Disintegrating II’ by Swiss artist Fabian Oefner at Alserkal Avenue. Constituting the second of Oefner’s ‘Disintegrating’ series, the artworks on display are mind-boggling. It takes Oefner approximately two months and more than 2,000 photos to bring a single image to life.

Oefner has carved out his reputation by fusing the fields of art and science, creating images appealing to the heart and mind. He is constantly on the lookout for capturing life moments that are invisible to the human eye: phenomena such as sound waves, centripetal forces, iridescence, fire and even magnetic ferrofluids, among others.

The five images of this series are exploded views of iconic cars that Oefner has painstakingly created by deconstructing scale-models, photographing each component, piece by piece, in a very specific position, to create the illusion of an exploding automobile.

This series involves fooling the observer into seeing the images as computer-generated renderings rather than the real photographs that they are and portray these iconic sports cars – the Auto Union Type C (1936-1937) (titled Disintegrating 04), Maserati 250F (1957) (titled Disintegrating 05), Ford GT40 (1969) (titled Disintegrating 06), Bugatti 57 SC (1934-1940) (titled Disintegrating 07), and the Porsche 956 (1982) (titled Disintegrating 08.)

Each image is available in two sizes: eight prints only of 140x70cm and three prints only of 230x115cm.