Mercedes SL Gullwing Suspended in Time in the Virtual Plaza
Rendered upon a Brutalist backdrop by digital artist Khyzyl ‘The Kyza’ Saleem, 300 SL Gullwing hung in midair like the masterpiece it is.
Many a Mercedes can lay claim to being a classic. The biggest of them all, though, is the legendary 300 SL Gullwing. Between 1954 and 1957, 1,400 examples flew out of Stuttgart to every corner of the world. The mark it left echoes to this day, even inspiring Mercedes to bring the wings back for the 2010-15 SLS AMG.
To say the 300 SL Gullwing is a masterpiece would be an understatement. However, there’s still room to take it further. Autoevolution happened upon such an example not too long ago, thanks to London-based digital artist Khyzyl “The Kyza” Saleem.
“Yet another “Suspended Car” has been spotted in the outer regions of Area7, could this be by the same Artist that created the Orange BMW not so long ago?! This rare @mercedesbenz 300SL Gullwing looked fit for a museum!”
So goes the description Saleem penned on his Instagram for his series. A handful of steel wires anchor the Gullwing to the heavens, its red wings bringing life to the Brutalist backdrop. The circular reflecting pool and gray tile serve as the stage upon which the Benz plays.
Though it clearly is a digital render, and it is 3D, the Gullwing looks more like a painting or illustration than something from our world or that of the virtual plaza. The shading and lighting likely help to give this piece the otherworldly, surrealist appearance. It definitely shows how far Saleem’s come in his art.
It’s not the first time Saleem’s hung a ride from the skies. A few months ago, he did the same with a BMW M1, though no wires held it up above the neon-lit pool. Both images were inspired by the art of Chris Labrooy. A master of combining Teutonic rides with surrealism, Labrooy once rendered a Pagoda Mercedes as a silver flamingo pool float.
Meanwhile, when he’s not hanging Benzes off skylights, Saleem also has a body kit business called LTO: Live to Offend. Based on his widebody art, you, too, can transform your ride the way he does with his digital pen. We can’t wait to see what he’ll do next.
Photos: Instagram/The Kyza
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