DB5 by Zinsky: Bond's Aston Martin Reimagined in Mixed Media
Some cars are admired; the Aston Martin DB5 is adored. Ever since it carried James Bond through Goldfinger in 1964, it has been shorthand for British cool: tailored, fast and a little bit dangerous. In DB5, Zinsky takes that famous profile and sets it in the layered, street-art-inflected style that has made his originals so popular with collectors of pop-culture art.
The most famous Aston Martin of all
Aston Martin built the DB5 between 1963 and 1965, a grand tourer with a straight-six engine and elegant, hand-finished bodywork. On its own it would be remembered as a fine British GT. What made it immortal was the cinema: kitted out with an ejector seat, revolving number plates and hidden machine guns, the DB5 became the definitive Bond car, and it has returned to the franchise again and again in the decades since. Few objects say "classic film" as clearly from across a room.
How Zinsky paints an icon
Bristol-born Zinsky, who has lived and worked in Segovia, Spain, since 2014, made his name with portraits of screen legends, musicians and pop goddesses. He works in mixed media, combining paint with print, branding and advertising motifs, and building up his surfaces in layers so that lettering, marks and colour sit on top of one another like posters on a city wall.
Turning that approach to a car is a natural step. The DB5 is, in its own way, a film star, and Zinsky treats it as one. The recognisable shape is the hero of the picture, while the textured ground around it brings movement, attitude and the street-art influences that run through all his work. It is a celebration of the car rather than a technical drawing of it.
This original at Dane Manor
DB5 is an original artwork, so there is only one of it. It measures 76 x 76 cm with a 10 cm depth and is supplied framed, ready for the wall. That depth gives the piece a sculptural presence: seen from the side as well as straight on, it feels substantial in a way a flat print rarely does.
If you have been collecting limited editions, an original like this is a natural next step: no edition number and no other copies, just the piece the artist made. Like every work we sell, it comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, and we deliver fully insured across the UK and internationally.
A natural partner for the rest of the set
Zinsky's car originals at Dane Manor also include Delorean DMC 12 and Ecto 1, both in the same square format as DB5, so the three hang beautifully as a row. Add his Tupac portrait and you have a small wall of pop-culture originals that tells a story about film, music and the decades that shaped them.
In a multi-artist gallery it is useful to have work like this alongside quieter landscapes and figurative pieces. It gives collectors with a love of film and motoring something made for them, with the craft and one-off quality of an original.
Where it looks best
DB5 is made for rooms with personality: a study, a home bar, a garage conversion or a dressing room with a nod to 007. Because the piece is square, it also works well above a fireplace or on a stairwell wall, where a long landscape-format picture can feel cramped. Give it a clear wall, keep it out of strong direct sunlight, and light it from above if you can, so the layered surface catches a little raking light. If you would like extra images or advice on hanging, our team is happy to help, and you can see more of the collection in our gallery.
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