by Nick Veasey
1965 Aston Martin DB5
Artist: Nick Veasey
Nick Veasey’s 1965 Aston Martin DB5 turns arguably the most celebrated car ever built into a study in pure transparency. Few machines carry as much mystique as the DB5, its elegant grand-touring lines forever bound up with a certain cinematic secret agent and the gadgetry hidden within. Veasey’s X-ray answers that legend in the most fitting way imaginable, stripping the hand-formed bodywork away to reveal the chassis, the inline-six and the craftsmanship that made the car a legend long before Hollywood found it.
There is a lovely irony in X-raying a car so famous for what it concealed. 1965 Aston Martin DB5 takes a vehicle built around hidden devices and lays everything open, trading mystery for honesty and finding the car’s real beauty in its engineering rather than its myth. Veasey treats the DB5 not as a prop but as an object of genuine design merit, where every visible component speaks to an era of craftsmanship that valued how a thing was made as much as how it looked. The result reframes an icon of glamour as an icon of engineering.
Rendered with Veasey’s characteristic clarity, the entire car reads in a single luminous layer, frame, drivetrain and wire wheels suspended against the dark. The piece is a natural fit for a study, garage gallery or any interior with a love of design and cinema, and speaks to collectors of automotive art, photography and modern style. Blending science, photography and fine art, 1965 Aston Martin DB5 is produced as a strictly limited edition.
Sizes:
240 cm × 86.5 cm (94 × 33 in)
Edition of 9
194.5 cm × 70 cm (76.5 × 27.5 in)
Edition of 15
166.5 cm × 60 cm (65.6 × 23.5 in)
Edition of 25
Prices:
| Size | AUD | GBP | USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 240 × 87 cm | $37,482.50 | £21,250 | $25,850 |
| 195 × 70 cm | $31,320 | £17,750 | $21,600 |
| 167 × 60 cm | $24,505 | £13,900 | $16,900 |
All works framed ChromaLuxe. UK GBP prices include VAT.
Size: large
From $24,505
Currently Available
