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The BMW Art Car Project was introduced by the French racecar driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain, who wanted to invite an artist to create a canvas on an automobile.. In 1975, Poulain commissioned American artist and friend Alexander Calder to paint the first BMW Art Car. This first example would be a BMW 3.0 CSL which Poulain himself would race in the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race.
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Celebrating 45 years of BMW Art Cars. Join us on our tour through the vivid history of this unusual merger of fine art and engineering artistry.Since 1975 pr.
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A works BMW entry in the 1976 Le Mans 24-Hour race, it didn't finish.. The first art car to engage with environmental issues. Jeff Koons, BMW M3 GT2 "Art always wants to become life itself.
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The BMW 3.0 CSL. six-cylinder inline engine. 4 valves per cylinder. twin overhead camshafts. displacement: 3210 cm³. power output: 480 bhp. top speed: 291 km/h. In 1975 this Art Car designed by Alexander Calder was driven in the 24-hour race at Le Mans by the American Sam Posey as well as Jean Guichet and Hervé Poulain from France.
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2017 BMW M6 GT3. The future is now: Following the contributions by Jeff Koons and John Baldessari, Cao Fei (b. 1978) is the youngest and first Chinese artist ever to create a BMW Art Car. By employing augmented and virtual reality, the internationally acclaimed Chinese multimedia artist addresses the future of mobility such as autonomous.
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Her artwork, painted on a BMW M Hybrid V8, will be on the track at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in June 2024. The first BMW Art Car was painted in 1975 by the American sculptor Alexander Calder.
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BMW Art Cars - three little words that stand for the legendary fusion of car icons such as the BMW M1 or the BMW Z1 and world-famous artists of the caliber of Roy Lichtenstein or Andy Warhol. Since 1975, 19 BMW Art Cars have been created - each one a unique piece. Number 20 will soon follow in 2024, designed by Ethiopian painter Julie Mehretu.
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The BMW Art Car series was never about turning a design into an art object but paying tribute to the latest developments in contemporary art, to the vision of some of the greatest artists out.
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2016. BMW M6 GTLM. 20. Julie Mehretu [2] USA. 2024. BMW M Hybrid V8 Racing Prototype. The definitive online guide to BMW Art Cars. Beginning in 1975, 19 world-renowned artists have created spectacular moving canvases from 19 BMW cars.
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2010 BMW M3 GT2. This BMW M3 GT2 was aesthetically reworked by the US artist Jeff Koons and is the latest model in the BMW Art Cars series. It was unveiled to the world at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in June 2010 — to great acclaim! The media and art magazines from all over the world carried reports on the 17th model in the Art Car series.
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At a vibrant event at New York's Guggenheim Museum on June 28th, BMW announced Julie Mehretu as the 20th Art Car artist. The vehicle chosen as the next Art Car canvas is the BMW M Hybrid V8 race.
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Jun 2023. They race, are traded as works of art and are practically priceless: the BMW Art Cars. For more than 40 years, they have been the highlights of the BMW Art Car Collection, and total now 19 cars. The French auctioneer and hobby race car driver, Hervé Poulain, invented the BMW Art Cars. In 1975, he dreamed of competing in the 24-hour.
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The BMW Art Car Project was introduced by the French racecar driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain, who wanted to invite an artist to create a canvas on an automobile. In 1975, Poulain commissioned American artist and friend Alexander Calder to paint the first BMW Art Car. This first example would be a BMW 3.0 CSL which Poulain himself would.
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BMW. BMW M Motorsport and Puma have combined forces to celebrate the 100th birthday of pop art icon Roy Lichtenstein, the artist responsible for one of the brand's most recognizable Art Car.
The BMW Art Car Collection 19752010
Dubbed BMW AVT, it was a show car to commemorate the company's new wind tunnel during that era. AVT stands for Aerodynamischer Versuchsträger, which means aerodynamic test vehicle in German.
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The BMW M1 Art Car proved that a work of art can be not only spectacularly beautiful, but also lightning fast. In 1979, German race driver Manfred Winkelhock, together with Frenchmen Hervé Poulain and Marcel Mignot, took this unique mid-engine sports car to second place in its class in the legendary Le Mans 24-hour classic.