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Automotive Art

Virginia Ivanicki has been exploring the dual physical and social significance of the automobile for several decades. She came to this particular interest honestly. Auto mechanics, body shop owners and drag racers surround her en famile.

It's in the genes, even if she didn't already appreciate the iconic extremes of design, animistic names, and jump-out colours provided for the buyers who sought an extension of self and individual identity, in their vehicles. They speak of a powerful time in North America, perhaps the apex of this particular civilization. Our youthful view of the world had a bold clarity and the open road was synonymous with freedom.