BMW Art Car
With BMW Art Car will be automotive art projects of BMW AG respectively. Various artists design the paintwork of individual BMW series and racing vehicles. The vehicles are used for exhibitions and advertising purposes as well as for practical use. From 1975 to 2016, 18 BMW Art Cars and one painting were designed.
history
The French auctioneer and racing driver Hervé Poulain had the idea for the first BMW Art Car . On his initiative, the American artist Alexander Calder painted a BMW 3.0 CSL in 1975 . Hervé Poulain drove this car himself in the 1975 Le Mans 24-hour race . The work of art with black lines, created the following year by New Yorker Frank Stella, also based on a BMW 3.0 CSL , started in Le Mans in 1976 . The vehicles later designed by Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Andy Warhol ( 1979 ) and Jenny Holzer ( 1999 ) also took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race .
Andy Warhol was supposed to artistically design a racing car based on a BMW 320i for the 1978 Le Mans race . Although Warhol had sent a model of the car in "pink and black, pink flowers on a black car" to Munich in mid-April 1978, it did not materialize. Warhol therefore received the opportunity from BMW to design a BMW M1 for the Le Mans race in June 1979 . He decided to paint it “in the style of an abstract expressionist with fields of rainbow colors”. Warhol wanted to do the paint job in 5 minutes, but the film crew present asked him to take more time. So after exactly 28 minutes he put the signature under his work of art.
A number of other well-known artists have designed BMW series and racing cars, such as Ernst Fuchs (1982), Robert Rauschenberg (1986), Michael Nelson Jakamarra (1989), Ken Done (1989), Matazo Kayama (1990), César Manrique (1990 ), AR Penck (1991), Esther Mahlangu (1991), Sandro Chia (1992), David Hockney (1995) and Olafur Eliasson (2007). The last BMW Art Car to date - a BMW M3 GT2 - was designed by Jeff Koons in 2010 . The racing car with starting number 79 (a tribute to the BMW M1 designed by Andy Warhol in 1979) took part in the 2010 Le Mans 24-hour race . After a good start, the car was in the promising sixth position before a technical defect stopped it.
According to Thomas Girst , who has been responsible for BMW Art Cars since 2004, the purpose of the project has changed over time:
“At the beginning, the cars were races. The effort for public relations was limited […] Some of the BMW Art Cars have since been used in advertising to show that BMW is also active in the art sector. With the work of Eliasson , aspects of alternative and renewable energies also gain in importance. "
BMW Art Car artists about their works
"My design is like a blueprint that has been transferred to the body."
“I thought about it for a long time and put as much into it as I could. With the drawn lines I wanted to represent the road that shows the car where to go. The design also shows the landscape through which the car drove. "
“I love the car. It turned out better than the work of art. "
“I would think mobile museums are great. With this car my dream will come true. "
“Ndebele art naturally has something formally very generous about it; what was added to it in my work is the idea of movement. "
"The car has wonderful lines that I followed."
"Our locomotion implies friction: not just air resistance, but also social, physical and political friction."
“These racing cars are like life, they are bursting with power and have enormous energy. One can get involved with it, build on it and become one with this energy. There's a lot of power under the hood and my ideas should merge with it - it's all about getting fully involved. "
Overview BMW Art Cars
| Art Car No. | image | Artist | model | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Alexander Calder | BMW 3.0 CSL | 1975 |
| 2 |
|
Frank Stella | BMW 3.0 CSL | 1976 |
| 3 |
|
Roy Lichtenstein | BMW 320i Turbo | 1977 |
| 4th |
|
Andy Warhol | BMW M1 | 1979 |
| 5 | Ernst Fuchs | BMW 635 CSi | 1982 | |
| 6th |
|
Robert Rauschenberg | BMW 635 CSi | 1986 |
| 7th |
|
Michael Nelson Jakamarra | BMW M3 | 1989 |
| 8th |
|
Ken Done | BMW M3 Group A | 1989 |
| 9 |
|
Matazo Kayama | BMW 535i | 1990 |
| 10 |
|
César Manrique | BMW 730i | 1990 |
| 11 |
|
AR Penck | BMW Z1 | 1991 |
| 12 |
|
Esther Mahlangu | BMW 525i | 1991 |
| 13 |
|
Sandro Chia | BMW M3 GTR | 1992 |
| 14th |
.jpg)
|
David Hockney | BMW 850 CSi | 1995 |
| 15th |
|
Jenny Holzer | BMW V12 LMR | 1999 |
| 16 | Olafur Eliasson | BMW H2R | 2007 | |
| * |
|
Robin Rhode | BMW Z4 | 2009 |
| 17th |
|
Jeff Koons | BMW M3 GT2 | 2010 |
| 19th |
|
John Baldessari | BMW M6 GTLM | 2016 |
| 18th |
|
Cao Fei | BMW M6 GT3 | 2017 |
* The result of Robin Rhode's art project was not a BMW Art Car, but a painting that was created by driving a BMW Z4 over a large canvas by applying the paint over the tires of the car.
Exhibitions
In 2009 the BMW Art Cars went on a North American tour. The vehicles were first presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from February 12 to 24, 2009 . The second stop was New York City from March 25 to April 6, 2009 in Grand Central Terminal .
The BMW Art Cars were then shown in Mexico , first in the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MARCO) in Monterrey and then in Guadalajara and Mexico City .
In July 2012, 16 BMW Art Cars were launched as part of a partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Arts on six floors of a parking garage in Shoreditch as part of the London 2012 Festival under the title ART DRIVE! presents.
From October 2015 to May 2016 eight of the BMW Art Cars were shown in the MAC Museum Art & Cars in Singen under the title "Moving Color" with works by the artist Herbert Vogt.
From November 11, 2016 to March 19, 2017, nine BMW Art Cars were shown in the Automuseum Prototyp (museum) in Hamburg .
From October 10, 2018 to the beginning of March 2019, seven of the Art Cars will be shown in the BMW Museum in Munich.
Miniature models
Between 2003 and 2005, BMW launched a series of 15 miniature Art Cars models. The die-cast models in 1:18 scale were manufactured by Minichamps . The first two models were the BMW 3.0 CSL from Alexander Calder and the BMW V12 LMR from Jenny Holzer . The Art Car models were sold through BMW dealers and branches, selected museum shops and directly by BMW. The edition was 3,000 pieces.
Other BMW-based Art Cars
.jpg)
In addition to the work commissioned by BMW, other BMW vehicles were designed by artists. Keith Haring painted a red BMW Z1 in 1987 in the Hans Mayer gallery in Düsseldorf . The German artist, painter and graphic designer Walter Maurer also designed BMW vehicles in his own style. In 2013, the Czech Andrej Drbohlav (artist name: Andy Reiben) turned a BMW 3 Series F30 into a brightly colored one-off. The vehicle, which was designed with fluorescent colors, was named Fluidum .
In 2019, Milan Kunc designed a BMW i8 with the theme of the pressing environmental issues of our time. It will also be on display in the BMW Museum and will eventually be auctioned for the benefit of The Ocean Cleanup project.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Welcome Home BMW Art Cars. (No longer available online.) BMW Museum, archived from the original on August 15, 2012 ; Retrieved June 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ William C. Bendig: The Art of Making Art Fast . In: BMW Journal . No. 4 , 1979, p. 10–15 + 57 ( BMW corporate archives - publications - sales literature ). BMW Group Archive - Publications - Sales literature ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Bettina Winterfeld: Audience in the garage . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . March 6, 2008, ISSN 0174-4917 ( online May 11, 2010 [accessed January 8, 2013]).
- ^ BMW Art Car Collection. 7-forum.com, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Peter Richter: Power smile - Jeff Koons' symbiosis with a car . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 4, 2010, ISSN 0174-4909 , p. 33 .
- ↑ Team BMW Motorsport finished sixth at Le Mans. Press release. BMW Group PressClub Sport, June 13, 2010, archived from the original on January 8, 2016 ; Retrieved January 8, 2013 .
- ^ RJ Preece: Communicating BMW Art Cars: Interview with Thomas Girst. artdesigncafé, June 11, 2009, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h World premiere: The BMW Art Car Collection on the Internet. Press release. BMW Group PressClub Germany, July 11, 2011, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ↑ BMW V12 LMR - Jenny Holzer 1999 photo gallery. BMWDrives.com, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ↑ “Your mobile expectations: BMW H2R Project”. The Pinakothek der Moderne Munich presents the 16th BMW Art Car by Olafur Eliasson. Press release. BMW Group PressClub Germany, January 25, 2008, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ↑ BMW Z4 art car - Robin Rhode 2009 photo gallery. BMWDrives.com, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ^ Andrew Peterson: Artist Jeff Koons to Create A New BMW Art Car. (No longer available online.) Automobilemag.com, February 2, 2010, archived from the original on February 6, 2010 ; accessed on January 8, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ BMW Art Car by Jeff Koons. (No longer available online.) Studio5555.de, June 3, 2010, archived from the original on December 15, 2012 ; Retrieved January 8, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.bmw-m.com/de/topics/magazine-article-pool/bmw-art-car-von-john-baldessari.html from January 15, 2017, July 4, 2017 available.
- ↑ https://www.bmw-motorsport.com/de/topics/magazine-article-pool/18-Art-Car.html/ from May 31, 2017, July 4, 2017 available.
- ^ Noah Joseph: BMW's Art Cars start North American tour in Los Angeles. autoblog.com, February 12, 2009, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ↑ New York's Grand Central Terminal shows the BMW Art Cars and an installation by street artist Robin Rhode. Press release. BMW Group PressClub Germany, March 19, 2009, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ↑ La colección de automóviles artísticos BMW Art Cars llega a México. Press release. BMW Group PressClub Méxiko, May 26, 2009, accessed January 8, 2013 (Spanish).
- ↑ ART DRIVE! The BMW Art Car Collection 1975–2010. Exhibition of BMW Art Cars in a car park in East End, London. Press release. BMW Group PressClub Germany, July 5, 2012, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ↑ BMW introduces scale models of Art Cars. worldcarfans.com, accessed January 8, 2013 .
- ^ Haring in the Ludwig Forum for International Art Aachen. kunstmarkt.com, 2000, accessed June 17, 2013 .
- ↑ BMW 3 Series F30 Fluidum: Unofficial Art Car by Andy Reiben in detail. bimmertoday.de, April 3, 2013, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ bimmertoday.de of February 27, 2019, Unofficial Art Car: Milan Kunc designs BMW i8 4 Elements , accessed on July 20, 2019.
Web links
- BMW Art Car Tour (BMW Group). bmw-artcartour.com, accessed January 7, 2013 .
- BMW Art Cars at Le Mans. maisonblanche.co.uk, accessed on June 24, 2013 (English, overview of the BMW Art Cars that started in Le Mans).
- BMW Auto Art. Autowallpaper.de, accessed on January 7, 2013 (BMW Auto Art Overview).