Vroom Vroom Fiat 500 Sculpture Arrives in London

Created by Lorenzo Quinn, son of the late Hollywood actor Anthony Quinn, and displayed so far in Abu Dhabi and Valencia, Spain, the Vroom Vroom sculpture has now made its way to London, UK. The work of art makes use of Quinn’s very first car he ever bought, namely an original Fiat 500, and has been installed on Park Lane.

The four-metre high sculpture consists of a vintage Fiat 500 grasped by an oversized aluminium child's hand modelled from Quinn’s own son. The work alludes to the relationship between parents and their children and represents the independence and freedom Quinn felt when he bought his first car.

Here is what Quinn had to say about the Vroom Vroom sculpture:

"Each and every one of my art works is a little part of me, they are my experiences, thoughts, desires, feelings...

Vroom Vroom represents part of my independence, my freedom, my personal growth. This was the first car that I bought with the money I made from my early works. It was hard work, but the purchase was satisfying. I had obtained something I really wanted through my own effort. I did not depend on my parents anymore, I was grown up.

This car has been my talisman. One day a client visiting my studio said "that car is so small, it looks like a toy." This comment made me think: often the only difference between a child and an adult is the price of the toy.

Actually, this car was a toy to me, I worked hard to get it, and once I had it I enjoyed it like a child would. I think that over the years, social pressure makes us lose our innocence and excitement about the little things. We end up forgetting the child within.This sculpture represents the innocence and excitement about the little things that make us happy."