F Ring Rush Hour, 2016

Description

The Jet and Rocket Age and Tail Lights Series

The design of American automobiles from the late 1940s through early 1960s was heavily influenced by the Jet and Rocket Age, as reflected in tail fins and molded plastic and chromium tail lights that gave the impression of jet or rocket exhaust.  In this series, automobiles of the period are reimagined as space craft traveling to a far planet.

F Ring Rush Hour depicts a pink 1958 Cadillac coupe with two astronauts dropping into the F Ring of Saturn imagined as traffic tail lights in rush hour, with entry controlled by solar powered space traffic light.  Two of Saturn’s moons are depicted in the top and bottom corner.