英国人アーティストのイアン・ベリー、通称デニム（Denimu）は、デニム生地を使って作品を創作している。奇抜な試みのように聞こえるかもしれないが、彼が生み出したポートレートや風景画は実に素晴らしい。アイルトン・セナ財団がF1界のレジェンドの肖像画を依頼したところ、彼はセナの家族が着用していたジーンズを使い、期待を裏切らない逸品を完成させたのだ。
昨年、セナの没後20年のメモリアルとして制作されたこの肖像画は、１月8～11日に英国で開催されたオートスポーツ・インターナショナルで公開された。大きさは160cm x 122cmで、マクラーレン・チーム在籍時に撮影されたセナの写真を基に作られている。今後この作品は販売される予定となっており、その売り上げ金は財団に寄付され、セナの母国ブラジルの恵まれない子供たちに学ぶ機会や将来の可能性を提供するために使用されるという。
それでは、ベリーが今回の依頼について語ったビデオをご覧いただこう。作品の詳細や制作方法を知りたい人は、制作者のホームページをチェックしてほしい。
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Thousands of Brazilians gather at the gates of Sao Paulo Legislative Assembly 04 May 1994 as they await the arrival of the funeral cortege carrying the coffin bearing the body of Formula One driver Ayrton Senna. Senna,a national hero and a native of Sao Paulo,died 01 May at the age of 34 in a high speed crash while racing in the San Marino F1 One Grand Prix. (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Brazilian Formula One pilots (L-R) Cristian Fittipaldi, Raul Boesel, Rubem Barricello and Portuguese driver Pedro Lamy pay their respects to Brazilian racer Ayrton Senna, 04 May 1994, in Sao Paulo. Senna, three-time Formula One champion, died after a high-speed crash 01 May during the Italian Grand Prix in San Marino. (Photo credit should read AE/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Formula One pilots Emerson Fittipaldi (L) an Christian Fittipaldi (3rd-L) of Brazil, Alain Prost of France (2nd-L), Gerhard Berger of Austria (R) and Jackie Stewart of Scotland (2nd-R) carry the casket of their colleague Ayrton Senna, on May 05, 1994, during his funeral in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Senna died from injuries suffered after a high-speed crash in the San Marino Grand Prix on May 01. (Photo credit should read JULIO PEREIRA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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