A one-off Porsche 911 Art Car has just been showcased at the Chengdu Motor Show in China. It is ‘interesting,’ to say the least.

The Art Car is based on a 911 Carrera 4S and was created by American contemporary artist Daniel Arsham and Porsche engineers from Germany.

To make the intriguing exterior, many of the car’s standard body panels were replaced with new areas of crystal. Arsham uses a crystal erosion technique to achieve the finish, while the rest of the sports car’s exterior is finished in white. This isn’t actually the first time the car has been showcased to the public, as it was put on display at the Selfridges department store in London in late 2019. The car was photographed up-close by Autohome earlier this month.

“As many of you know, my work has often involved the decay and erosion of these objects, and kind of projecting them into the future. I’ve done a number of cars, but this is the first one I’ve created which is actually a functional, driveable car,” Arsham said in an interview.

“The 911 art car presents what it looked like when it was discovered in 3020. After thousands of years, although many parts of the car body were damaged by erosion, it was still able to drive with undiminished performance. This fits perfectly with the 911’s identity as a Timeless Machine, both for design and performance,” added vice president of public relations and press for Porsche in China, Jojo Tang said.