BMW Art Cars Collection
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01:56
BMW Art Car by Frank Stella “The Hard Edge”
It just happened, like a miracle, is one way of describing Frank Stella's proposition to paint a race car.
01:04
BMW Art Car by Esther Mahlangu
In 1991, Esther Mahlangu was the first female artist to paint a BMW art car. The model she painted was a 525i.
02:50
BMW Art Car by Jagamara Nelson “Fathers Dream”
In 1989, BMW asked an aboriginal artists to paint a race car. And Michael Jagamara Nelson, who was a member of the Papunya-Tula-Artists Association was the first person to come to mind.
02:19
BMW Art Car - Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtensteins 'Pop Art Car' won the hearts of not only the exhibit’s visitors at the Centre Geogres Pompidou, but also those who were present at the 1977 Le Mans where it came in 9th place overall and first place in its category. The long lines that run the length of the car almost looks like the 'speed lines' that are usually drawn on cartoon cars to represent speed and motion, and the oversized dots remind viewers of Lichtensteins’ famous comic painting. 'I wanted to show the direction the car is headed in with the lines I painted“, said the American artist about his design.
03:09
BMW Art Car by Andy Warhol
1979 Andy Warhol designed the 4th Art Car for BMW. Unlike the previous Artists he worked directly on the full-scale vehicle and painted the car himself. When asked if he was pleased with the end result, he replied, 'I love the car; it's better than the work of art itself.'
