Humorous artist transforms crashed Ford Falcon at West Footscray car park into ‘moving’ artwork

At first glance you might mistake this burnt-out Falcon as the wreckage of a car crash. But one creative local claims it’s actually a “moving piece” of art.

A Melbourne local read the humorous plastic plaque before posting it on Car Spotters Australia

The scene of a car crash in Melbourne’s west has been transformed into an art installation courtesy of a passer-by choosing to see the funny side of things.

A silver Ford Falcon that crashed into a tree at a West Footscray car park is actually a “moving piece” of art, according to a local curator believed to be operating under a pseudonym.

The registered vehicle, which was still resting in a car park at Hansen Reserve on Tuesday afternoon, is understood to have crashed on Friday night.

The vehicle involved in a single-vehicle crash at a West Footscray car park has been transformed after a humorous local described it as a “moving piece” of art. Picture: Supplied

Attached to the slightly damaged tree was a laminated plaque attributing the wreckage to an unknown artist under the category of “mixed metals”.

“This piece depicts the strength of the natural world versus the transitory nature of a BA Falcon ripping fat skids,” the plaque said.

“Such a moving piece.”

The curator, operating under the name Edward Jones, said the artwork depicts the strength of nature over a Falcon ripping “fat skids”. Picture: Supplied

The curator signed off under the name Edward Jones.

It is unknown whether the vehicle was stolen.

The plaque was no longer attached to the tree on Tuesday afternoon.

The crashed Ford Falcon, which remains at a Hansen Reserve, West Footscray car park, had red P-plates attached. Picture: Nilsson Jones

Victorian Police was contacted for comment.