Fiat 500 'Vroom Vroom'

Lorenzo Quinn (born May 7, 1966) is an Italian sculptor and former actor, and the fifth son of actor Anthony Quinn. Lorenzo Quinn's sculpture on display in London's Park Lane opposite The Dorchester hotel. A Fiat 500 was the first car the artist purchased and the aluminium hand is modelled on his son's hand.

Here is what Quinn had to say about the Vroom Vroom sculpture:

"Each and every one of my art works is a little part of me, they are my experiences, thoughts, desires, feelings...

Vroom Vroom represents part of my independence, my freedom, my personal growth. This was the first car that I bought with the money I made from my early works. It was hard work, but the purchase was satisfying. I had obtained something I really wanted through my own effort. I did not depend on my parents anymore, I was grown up.

This car has been my talisman. One day a client visiting my studio said "that car is so small, it looks like a toy." This comment made me think: often the only difference between a child and an adult is the price of the toy.

Actually, this car was a toy to me, I worked hard to get it, and once I had it I enjoyed it like a child would. I think that over the years, social pressure makes us lose our innocence and excitement about the little things. We end up forgetting the child within.This sculpture represents the innocence and excitement about the little things that make us happy."