The new Lamborghini Aventador sculpture by Antoine Dufilho
- Delphine & Romain Class
- 3 days ago
- 5 min read
French artist Antoine Dufilho unveils a unique sculpture of the Lamborghini Aventador, transforming the Italian supercar into a kinetic artwork of unmatched finesse. Through a masterful interplay of forms, rhythms, and materials, he pays tribute to speed, balance, and mechanical beauty. More than just an homage to an iconic vehicle, Dufilho offers a sculptural interpretation of motion—capturing momentum in metal.
The Lamborghini Aventador: A Sculptural Legend Launched in 2011, the Lamborghini Aventador embodies the culmination of the Italian brand's V12 engine tradition. Imposing, angular, and muscular, it combines extreme performance with radical design. Powered by a naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 engine delivering up to 780 horsepower, it propels its driver from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 2.9 seconds, reaching top speeds exceeding 350 km/h. But beyond the technical specifications, it's its silhouette that fascinates: sharp lines, geometric air intakes, gull-wing doors, and a spectacular rear end. It is conceived as a work of engineering but also as an aesthetic manifesto. Antoine Dufilho's sculpture doesn't reproduce the Aventador; it deconstructs its essence to better reveal what makes it a modern legend of speed.
The Mercedes W196 is a legendary Formula 1 car designed by Mercedes-Benz for the 1954 and 1955 World Championship seasons. Powered by an inline eight-cylinder engine with direct injection, it represented a technological feat for its time. The W196 was available in two versions: one with open wheels (monoposto) and one with a streamlined body (streamliner), optimized for fast circuits. Driven by legends such as Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, it won 9 of 12 Grands Prix, marking Mercedes' dominance on the world stage. With the W196, Fangio won two World Championship titles. In addition to its performance, its avant-garde design and exceptional workmanship made a lasting impression. After the tragedy at Le Mans in 1955, Mercedes withdrew from competition, making the W196 a rare and precious icon in the history of motorsport.
An artistic vision of speed
Artist Antoine Dufilho has established himself in the contemporary pop art landscape by developing a unique approach: sculpting movement through the repetition of shapes cut from metal. In his new work, he applies this process to the Lamborghini Aventador, creating an object that seems to oscillate between the visible and the invisible. By juxtaposing several dozen metal strips, the artist reveals the solid through the void, and vice versa. The result is an aerial, almost transparent sculpture, where the eye reconstructs the curves of the car from its perspective. It reveals a direct influence of architecture—a discipline Dufilho studied—as well as kinetics and optical art. It is a play on perceptions, a three-dimensional trompe-l'oeil, where movement becomes the central element of the composition.
The Ferrari is a hybrid hypercar developed by Ferrari and presented in 2013 as the pinnacle of the Italian brand's technological and aesthetic expertise. Produced in 499 units in the coupé version (and 210 in the Aperta version), it embodies exclusivity and ultimate performance. Its powertrain combines a naturally aspirated 6.3-liter V12 engine developing 800 horsepower with a 163 horsepower electric motor, for a combined output of 963 horsepower. Thanks to this F1-derived technology (HY-KERS system), LaFerrari offers lightning-fast acceleration, reaching 100 km/h in less than 3 seconds and a top speed of over 350 km/h. Its carbon fiber chassis, active aerodynamics, and aggressive design place it at the pinnacle of automotive innovation. Ferrari's first hybrid model, LaFerrari symbolizes the transition to a new era without denying the sporting and emotional DNA of the prancing horse brand.
Technical Innovation and Formal Elegance
Each Dufilho car sculpture is the result of a long and meticulous process, halfway between precision craftsmanship and high-flying engineering. For this Aventador, he used noble materials: brushed aluminum and polished stainless steel. Some parts are hand-patinated, others polished to reflect their surroundings. Each sculpture is unique, numbered, and requires between 200 and 300 hours of production, requiring skills in modeling, laser cutting, and millimeter-accurate assembly.
Antoine Dufilho, Sculptor of Speed and Rhythm
Born in 1985 in Lille, Antoine Dufilho is a French visual artist with a unique career. Initially trained in architecture and passionate about automotive mechanics, he draws his inspiration as much from the history of automotive design as from the great figures of modernism (such as Le Corbusier and Donald Judd). Early on, he experimented with forms based on repetition, transparency, and rhythm. His grandfather, a former Formula 1 driver, instilled in him a love of cars and mechanical performance. Antoine Dufilho maintains an almost emotional connection to the car, not as a utilitarian object, but as a pure form. It is this intimate connection between art, speed, and memory that he explores in his work. His sculptures have been exhibited in Paris, London, New York, Miami, and Courchevel. In just a few years, he has become a key figure in the contemporary automotive art market, with an instantly recognizable style.
A traveling work to be discovered starting in summer 2025
The Lamborghini Aventador sculpture will be exhibited starting in summer 2025 in several galleries and contemporary art events, notably on the Côte d'Azur (Nice, Saint-Tropez) and in the Alps (Courchevel). Some pieces will also be presented at international auto shows, such as Monaco Top Marques and Art Basel Miami, where the artist is already a regular. He creates his iconic works (Porsche, Bugatti, Mercedes, Jaguar, Ferrari, F1, etc.) in life-size format for exhibition around the world. Produced in a very limited edition of eight, each sculpture is available for sale through the artist's partner galleries, such as the Pop Art gallery and Class Art Biarritz.
A sculptural ode to the 21st century
Through this Aventador, Antoine Dufilho once again demonstrates his ability to merge engineering and poetry, technology and emotion. His work stands at the crossroads of worlds: between kinetic art, conceptual sculpture, and a tribute to the industrial object. More than a car transformed into a work of art, this sculpture becomes the symbol of an era where the acceleration of the world finally finds its visual form. By deconstructing matter to better suggest speed, Dufilho invites the viewer to slow down, observe, and feel. He freezes the moment while projecting us into the momentum. A performance that is both technical and poetic, just like its creator. The artist is also distinguished by his sculptures of Concorde and the Dassault Aviation Rafale aircraft. To achieve this, he uses the same technique of laser-cut steel strips then welded to reshape the aircraft.
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