DANDY CRUSH (FR.

A legendary automobile, the Jaguar XK120, unlocks a seventy‑year journey of memory, art, and desire. A creator, designer, and insatiable observer of the contemporary world, Hubert de Malherbe has been exploring the realms of style, movement, and desire for over fifty years. With Dandy Crush, he offers a personal narrative in which the automobile becomes an object of memory, blending personal experience with the collective imagination. At the heart of this story lies a legendary automobile: the Jaguar XK120, which was once the fastest car in the world and had belonged, seventy years earlier, to a young American named Harlowe Rowe. Between aesthetic fascination and sensitive inquiry, the car becomes the thread running through a meditation on time and transmission. From the 1950s to the present day, the book spans the decades, tracing the story of a young man through a series of visual and narrative scenes. Photographs, drawings, calligrams, and memories come together to create a nostalgic landscape in which the Jaguar appears as a talisman. It is the symbol of an era when speed, sensuality, and elegance formed a modern mythology. At the intersection of autobiographical narrative, visual essay, and the story of an icon, Dandy Crush is also a reflection on the creative impulse that drives artistic creation. Richly illustrated and written with sensitivity, this book invites readers to follow a unique journey where the personal and the collective intersect, and where a vintage Jaguar becomes the key to an unexpected dialogue between two lives separated by seventy years.

Hubert de Malherbe (Auteur) Laurent Kleitman (Voorword) - Verschenen op 30/09/2026 bij Skira Paris