How the agency began
It began in 1998 in France, where I had gone to watch the football World Cup. In a general store in Paris I came across a miniature of a Ferrari being repaired inside a box. I took it home and displayed it in my room.
In the autumn of 2010 my Porsche was stolen. That winter the work in my room caught my eye again, and I learned that it was not a factory product but was handmade by a French artist. I met the artist in Paris in January 2011, and in February I began selling as his agent.
When I told him about my stolen Porsche, the artist replied, “Send me photos and I will make it for you.” The work that arrived had a Porsche, a miniature car of a similar type repainted in the original colour, together with photos of the car and my family. Memories I could only look at in photos became a work I could keep. I want to share this feeling with people who have memories of a car.
Representative Director, 中島 繁正