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# Compressed car by César Baldaccini and anti-form by Vasily Kononov-Gredin
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/vechernii-dialog-iskusstv-dva-khudozhestvennykh-proizvedeniia-na-osnove-kuzova-avtomobilia-mersedes/
- Published: 2023-11-26T16:02:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:40:22.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Observations

An Evening Dialogue of the Arts: Two Works of Art Made from a Mercedes Car Body.

The first is a sculpture by César Baldaccini, or simply César, created by the method of compression: the French sculptor simply placed a car from a scrapyard into a hydraulic press, and then signed the compressed parallelepiped.

The second is a work by the Russian artist Vasily Kononov-Gredin, styled an anti-form, produced by reassembling a car with the potential possibility of taking this construction apart once more and putting the car back together.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_10517@26-11-2023_19-02-07.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_10518@26-11-2023_19-02-07.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_10519@26-11-2023_19-02-07.jpg)