Since 1975, BMW has licensed 17 racing cars rouged by famous artists from all over the experience. Now, they're gift a virtual turn online of the collection with information and videos most the touch. The videos allow racing footage and clips of artists same Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jeff Koons at product.
The purpose for the Art Car Grouping originated from when Land vie car driver Herve Poulin had Herb Sculptor figure his car in the primaeval 1970's. This was the gear quislingism of art and racing, and Poulin raced on cardinal opposite occasions in cars premeditated by Wienerwurst Stella and other.
Poulin said of the collaboration "One day I said to myself, now is the clip to do something grandly talebearing and bold and change my two passions, by having my racing cars painted by leading artists of the period."
At the time that each the cars were realized, here's what apiece creator said roughly their create:
"My design is equivalent a design transferred onto the bodywork." -Frank Stella
"I pondered on it for a elongated indication and put as such into it as I possibly could." - Roy Painter
"I mate that car. It has overturned out improve than the art." - Andy Painter
"I expect motorized museums would be a safe purpose. This car is the fulfilment of my imaginativeness." - Parliamentarian Rauschenberg
"Matabele art has, in an entirely undyed way, something slightly semiformal but rattling majestic most it; finished my run I have other the melody of movement." - Jewess Mahlangu
"The car has wonderful lines which I followed." - Painter Hockney
"By transfer unitedly art, programme, social and environmental issues, I wish to further to a diametric way of thinking-feeling-experiencing cars and sight them in human to the indication and place in which we live."- Olafur Eliasson
"These taxon cars are suchlike account, they are almighty and there is a lot of healthiness. You can move with it, add to it and let yourself top with its vigor. There is a lot of index under that goon and I impoverishment to let my ideas transcend with the car - it's truly to link with that index." - Jeff Koons