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    jeff koons for BMW's next art car

    jeff koons for BMW's next art car


    BMW 3.0 CSL by alexander calder, 1975

    yesterday, BMW announced that american artist jeff koons will design the company's next art car.
    as part of the art car series which began in 1975, koons will be the 17th artist to participate
    in the program which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. koons' predecessors include:
    alexander calder, david hockney, jenny holzer, roy lichtenstein, robert rauschenberg, frank stella
    and andy warhol.

    back in 2003, koons had expressed an interest in participating as part of the series.
    he is known for his carefully fabricated sculptural, video and two-dimensional works that
    explore notions of consumerism, banality and sexuality, drawing on a variety of kitsch objects
    and images derived from american and consumer culture. he is best known for his series
    of inflatable sculptures, along with his more recent massively-sized metallic sculptures
    of balloon dogs. that being said, it's most likely his design will go beyond just painting
    the surface of the car with patterns and color...
    koons' car will not be shown until later this year.


    BMW 3.0 CSL by frank stella, 1976


    BMW 320i by roy lichtenstein, 1977


    BMW M1 by andy warhol, 1979


    BMW 635CSi by robert rauschenberg, 1986


    BMW 535i by matazo kayama, 1990


    BMW 525i by esther mahlangu, 1991


    BMW 850CSi by david hockney, 1995


    BMW V12 LMR by jenny holzer, 1999


    BMW H2R by olafur eliasson, 2007

    andrea db 02.04.10


    comments:

    The frank stella car is amazing but without a doubt the best art car is the Sandro Chia 1992 E46. Absolutely awesome IMO

    Wayne 02.04.10


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    Damn cool + beautiful!

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