The graceful, flowing lines of the Maserati Quattroporte are so beautiful and appealing that they beg to have hands run down them, but there is one Quattroporte that no one would wish to run their hands over – a unique art work called Maseratirundum.

Created by Luca Pancrazzi, one of Europe’s leading artists, ‘Maseratirundum’ is a Quattroporte that is covered in recycled, broken and fragmented glass that breaks up light and reflections, shape and form. Pancrazzi says that the glass, which is applied in a unique process he has created, reveals a realm of hidden depths and archetypes of concealed worlds.

The Maserati Quattroporte-based artwork was created to represent Italy at the second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art last month and as centre piece for Italian design and art that demonstrates the style, elegance and vitality of the Italian nation. The Pancrazzi's works were arrayed at the highly respected Museum of Modern Art, which is located very close to the Kremlin, in Moscow; an institution that is based around the original collection of the former Academy of Arts Director Zurab Tsereteli. The very popular exhibition opened at the beginning of March and ran through until last weekend.
 

One-to-one, full-scale, Pancrazzi’s works deal with the relation between reality and imagination.  In a fine display of Italian style, elegance and vitality, they were spread out over two floors in a marvellous building just yards from the Kremlin. Art engaging in the form of objects could not find a better medium than the Maserati Quattroporte, the flagship model and symbol of the renowned Italian brand.

Although the Maserati Quattroporte offers, with a range of four million possible combinations from its standard palate of fine leathers, clothes, stitching and carpets, a unique level of exclusivity, it is unlikely that ‘Maseratirundum’ will ever be available anywhere else other than in Europe’s leading galleries.