This Mercedes-Benz S550 is made from 12,000 mirrors
- This Mercedes-Benz S550 was made with 12,000 mirrors
- It was created by artist Jordan Griska
- The piece is called Wreck and is designed to look smashed up
Published on Apr 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Apr 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM (UTC+4)
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Kate Bain
Brooklyn-based artist Jordan Griska created this Mercedes-Benz S550 using 12,000 pieces of laser-cut mirrored stainless steel.
The impressive artwork was designed to look like a smashed-up Mercedes-Benz S550 and is aptly titled Wreck.
As well as making use of thousands of pieces of highly polished stainless steel, Griska made use of 3D rendering technology to help craft the piece.
It went on display at the Philadelphia Contemporary and has been on show since 2016.
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The piece was made using digital software and thousands of mirrors
Mercedes-Benz originally launched its S-Class – short for special class – series of cars back in 1972.
Today, the Mercedes S-Class remains one of the most popular luxury sedans on the market.
However, artist Jordan Griska wanted to encourage folks to think more deeply about the vehicle and created Wreck.
Griska took a 3D model of a Mercedes S500 and manipulated it using digital software to make it look as though it had been involved in a crash.
To get the car looking as close to the real deal as possible, Griska looked at images of S500 that had been involved in crashes.
He then began the long and painstaking process of building up the 12,000 laser cut pieces of mirrored steel to create the finished artwork.
The Mercedes-Benz S550 was created to get people thinking
The piece went on display at Philadelphia’s historic Municipal Pier 9 back in 2016.
Wreck was designed to get people thinking by juxtaposing the luxurious with destruction.
Griska said his ‘work increases awareness of objects’ pasts and symbolic qualities as they relate to American identity in order to invite viewers to imagine alternative futures’.
“The sculpture mirrors the peak of today’s automobile industry by using digital technology and meticulous handcraft to subvert both utopian dreams and reality. Spectacular and haunting,” the museum said in a press release about the artwork.
“Wreck captures the dual nature of American culture by contrasting wealth, freedom, and individuality with decadence, debauchery, and tailspin, as flip sides of the same coin.”
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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Claire covers a wide variety of topics, with a special focus on cars, technology, planes, cryptocurrency, and luxury.
