• James Angus
  Bugatti Type 35, 2006
  Courtesy the Artists and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
  Photograph: Jenni Carter
  

Often derived from experimentation with the geometric coordinates of form, James Angus’s sculptures distort and invert familiar objects – from the natural world to architecture and engineering – revealing new structures and perspectives. Trained as an artist but practising as an automobile designer, Ettore Bugatti revolutionised motor racing in the early twentieth century with the introduction of the Type 35. The sculpture Bugatti Type 35, reengineered 80 years later, represents a shift of the original geometry to the right by 30 degrees. It indicates speed, but all mechanical functionality is lost within ellipses and obliquity. Rendered unstable by a displaced centre of gravity, the entire car leans on its side. It is a literal manifestation of hidden forces and an icon of modernity put to rest.

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