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Manufacturer: Holzer Motoren Werke AG
Nationality: Germany
First assembled: February 3, 2051
Birthplace: Sinzheim, BaWü, Germany
Engine: 4.0L Twin Turbo W6
HP: 967 BHP
0-60: 2.3 Seconds
Top speed: 220.10 MPH
Holzer is a name that is synonymous with luxurious innovation and performance, with their flagship 3000 sportscar having refined this formula for over a century. A grand tourer that's second-to-none on providing precision performance and refined craftsmanship, the 3000 is a name car enthusiasts from all parts of the world hold in the highest regard, and has even become a well-known name to the general public. A pedigree like this isn't just entirely cultivated on the roads, however. For as legendary as Holzer's name is on streets, the only place its name could possibly hold any higher regard is on the racetracks. With a varied and successful history in motorsports reaching back over 100 years, Holzer knew how to build a racecar better than nearly anyone else in the business, and when it came time for the "553" iteration of the 3000 to go racing, this fact didn't change even in the slightest.
Holzer's history in motorsport more or less starts around the time Holzer's history as an entity began. Anton Holzer slapped his name onto a fresh marque, achieved his dream of building a fast, nimble and attractive car for the masses, and then said car quickly found its way off the streets and into the racetracks. Said car, the Holzer 2.0, became a common choice for privateer raceteams due to its sublime handling characteristics and outright bulletproof drivetrain. When the 2.0's successor, the now-legendary 3000, made its debut, it was a repeat of the last story in nearly every regard outside of being much longer. The 3000 has been seen in many motorsports guises and has an even greater list of achievements. By the time the 3000 saw its current-day "553" iteration, it easily had hundreds of race wins to its name. Needless to say the latest and greatest to come out of the Black Forest had alot to prove and everything to lose with a reputation like this. Holzer was clearly determined to uphold this reputation with everything they had. In the first quarter of 2051, a prototype racecar in camo was seen undergoing testing at the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife on a near-daily basis up onto the end of spring. The Nordschleife is the proving grounds of choice for manufacturers across the world to give their highest-performing machines the ultimate shakedown, and for Holzer to work on a prototype here as extensively as they did, it only mean that they were aiming for nothing less than perfection. It seemed like they reached that perfection just when summer was around the corner, as that was when the 3000 LM/R made its debut.
The LM/R nameplate is a historic nameplate tracing its origins to the 1970s, applied strictly to dedicated racing variants in the 3000's expansive lineage. LM/Rs are the primary source of the 3000's long list of racing victories where it excelled in endurance events. No other production-based racecar has racked up as many victories in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans as the LM/R, and Holzer intended to add a few more with this latest iteration. The 4.0 Flat-6 power plant is based on the roadcar's engine but obviously modified. For starters it was bored out up from the roadcar's 3.7 liters. The most notable addition is the inclusion of twin turbos, which boost the LM/R's power above 950 HP. That doesn't hit the series-regulated max of 1,100, but Holzer clearly wasn't concentrating on big power. You see, with previous iterations of the LM/R, breaking down during a long endurance race was a rarity. Holzer concentrates on making their endurance racers as robust and hardy as possible, which explains why the latest take on the nameplate was extensively tested on one of the most grueling and brutal tracks in the world. Why try your hardest to overtake your opponents when you can outlast them? It's a tactic that's worked the Holzer so far, why change what isn't broken? Don't think that durability isn't all the LM/R brings to racetrack, however. The 950+ HP it produces isn't the max power allowed but it is easily more than enough to get the LM/R moving and moving quickly. 0-60 is in the low 2 seconds, and speed tops out at 220 MPH. Of course it would be higher if it wasn't for the aerodynamic drag produced by the race-spec bodykit. The 3000 has always been known for precise, crisp handling characteristics that Holzer state is what they focused on when working on the LM/R's on-track performance. So not only would the LM/R outlast the completion, it would out-handle them as well. It wouldn't take long for Holzer to find out if their strategies with the latest LM/R would work, but they had every reason to be confident in what they made. When you're in the business as long as someone like Holzer is, it becomes harder and harder to make the wrong call.
Summer of the 2051 came, the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans was held, and Holzer was there with the latest and greatest LM/R. Somewhat unsurprisingly, they took the GT-class win with Holzer's factory team cars taking 1st, 2nd, and 4th place. The only reason they didn't get 3rd is because the #4 car on their team was involved in a crash about two-thirds into the event, and not even by its own fault. Otherwise the LM/R performed flawlessly with no major mechanical-related setbacks. The grueling testing on the Nürburgring paid off, so it should be no surprise LM/R would virtually dominate at the 24 hour endurance event held on the infamous "Green Hell" some short months after winning Le Mans. The new LM/R's winning streak would only continue from there, especially in the European circuit. While Holzer would find stiff competition from other marques like Scaletti, Winston, and even Thunderhead, the one that arguably put up the biggest fight was Maude. Maude, a rival marque from Holzer's own backyard of Germany, had their own GT-class endurance racer in the form of the HS2-GTR. If a race was being held within German borders, is was outright guaranteed to turn into an absolute high-speed slugfest between these two long-time adversaries. Maude even took to fighting Holzer in the privateer sector, selling HS2-GTRs on-demand to privateer teams just as Holzer was doing with the LM/R. This promptly made both marques a common sight at more lower-end sanctioned events and especially trackdays, and made the rivalry between the two even more intense amongst their respective faithful. It was quite simple in the end; you were either Team Holzer or Team Maude, and god save you if you ever think crossing the line in the sand was a good idea.
While this rivalry might seem vitriolic to most, Holzer couldn't be happier with their competition. Holzer is a long-time believer in the idea that competition breeds innovation, and utilized the data they received from studying each of the LM/R's races to both improve it and its roadcars. The privateer teams the LM/R is sold to can even sign up to effectively operate as testers for Holzer themselves, having their race data recorded and given to Holzer for studying. This is somewhat similar to what Scaletti did with their track-only Mugello Evo X hypercar, abet with more open "enrollment". Holzer wasn't lying about utilizing the data to help develop roadcars, however. Previous LM/Rs served to help make more hardcore variants of the road-going 3000, and if the suspicious Holzer prototype seen testing at the Nürburgring in early 2052 was anything to go by, it seems like their developmental practices aren't changing anytime soon.
My son Neil glass engraver right . This piece of pure craftmanship is quite superb in silver and crystal.
About the Artist: Michael Scheiner
Michael Scheiner is committed to the notion that ideas are as important as craftsmanship.
His sculpture uses glass and other materials as a means for thinking visually, giving shape to concepts like progress and direction.
Scheiner has worked as an artist and educator actively exhibiting and teaching internationally since 1982, when he received his graduate degree from Ohio State University.
In 1983, he joined the glass department faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he taught until he moved to Japan in 2004. There, as professor in the Department of Formative Arts at Nagoya University of Arts, he developed and ran the school’s Glass Department for eight years.
Today he is the head of Keer Glass Foundry, a Rhode Island company that specializes in custom glass design and fabrication where he and his team of glassworkers help artists realize their ideas in glass.
The Details
•Title: Sheer Volume
•Maker(s): Michael Scheiner
•Accession Number: 2014.4.1
•Place Made: United States, RI, Central Falls
•Dimensions:
oOverall Dimensions:
Height: 160 cm
Width: 120 cm
Depth: 180 cm
•Date: 2010
•Technique: assembled
•Materials: float glass, clay wash, aluminum
•Credit Line: Gift of the artist
Interpretive Text
What you can’t see in this artwork is as important as what you can. A form is visible in this leaning stack of commercial float glass panels. While living in Japan, Michael Scheiner found a large rock he considered to be perfect. He had the rock cut into thin sections that he traced onto paper. From the paper, he painted the rock sections onto the glass panels with diluted clay, creating a “sheer volume” that floats in the transparency of the glass.
The Studio at 20
The Studio has been a starting point for emerging artists and an incubator for new work by established artists since 1996. To celebrate 20 years, we’re highlighting works in the Museum’s permanent collection created by artists who have taught or who have been artists in residence at The Studio. Pieces by this artistic community can be found in the Glass Collection Galleries, where they are identified by the Studio at 20 symbol.
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