When Mercedes-Benz Meets Art

The Mercedes-Benz is a natural born muse, and here are the times it inspired artists to create masterpieces.

By Thomas Mabson - November 26, 2019

A "Earthly Paradise"

This is a custom hand-painted 1952 Mercedes-Benz 220 A Cabriolet carefully restored and finished by artist Hiro Yamagata. This piece is titled "Earthly Paradise" and was part of a collection of vehicles painted and shown in their own exhibit in the LA Municipal Art Gallery. This particular car went to auction a few years ago with an estimated value from $125,000 - $200,000.

Red Brick SLK

While not driveable like the bling-bling before it, it is a life-sized replica of a Mercedes-Benz that weighs 6.5 tons and costs 600,000 Yuan. Chinese artist Dai Yun was commissioned to build a sculpture for the Red Town Creative Park in Shanghai. Using only a photograph, he was able to create the car out of bricks, cement, and steel. Even the interior is well-detailed, which you can sit in.

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Scrap Metal ''Uhlenhaut Coupe'

The 1955 Mercedes 300 SLR was never mass-produced because it was simply too fast. The car was tested to go up to 180 mph, which would have been the fastest car at the time. Three German friends and obvious artists, Armin Ciesielski, Peter Brakel, and Walter Willer, created a replica out of 10,000 pieces of scrap metal. The seven-long project weighs about 1,000kg.

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Wooden 300SL Gullwing

This Gullwing was created by a German craftsman and it went for $7,800 on eBay. And while it won't run, because it is made out of wood, the doors will open and the front wheels will steer. You can even sit (and make out) on it, making it art worth owning.

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