Collage with Cars (2022)
The Collage with Cars (2022) series by Phil Scott explores our fascination with horsepower, tradition, and the legacy of the automobile. Through playful combinations of rips, cuts, and precisely sourced imagery, Scott reinterprets the once futurist ideals of speed and power, concepts that celebrated mechanical progress and human ambition. These collages reframe such narratives, reflecting on how our relationship with vehicles and machinery has evolved over time.
The works juxtapose the sleek precision of automotive design with the spontaneity of torn and layered fragments, forming compositions that oscillate between control and chaos. Scott’s process captures the analogue spirit of collage as a visual record of changing cultural values where the car, once a symbol of freedom and innovation, now invites reflection on nostalgia and transformation.
Play (2022), from this series, was selected for Sleeping with Art: The Art of Car(d)s, an international collective celebrating the intersection of art and automotive design. Through this body of work, Scott continues to explore the tension between aspiration and decay, craftsmanship and accident, inviting viewers to reconsider the enduring allure of motion and the passage of time.
The Collage with Cars (2022) series by Phil Scott explores our fascination with horsepower, tradition, and the legacy of the automobile. Through playful combinations of rips, cuts, and precisely sourced imagery, Scott reinterprets the once futurist ideals of speed and power, concepts that celebrated mechanical progress and human ambition. These collages reframe such narratives, reflecting on how our relationship with vehicles and machinery has evolved over time.
The works juxtapose the sleek precision of automotive design with the spontaneity of torn and layered fragments, forming compositions that oscillate between control and chaos. Scott’s process captures the analogue spirit of collage as a visual record of changing cultural values where the car, once a symbol of freedom and innovation, now invites reflection on nostalgia and transformation.
Play (2022), from this series, was selected for Sleeping with Art: The Art of Car(d)s, an international collective celebrating the intersection of art and automotive design. Through this body of work, Scott continues to explore the tension between aspiration and decay, craftsmanship and accident, inviting viewers to reconsider the enduring allure of motion and the passage of time.