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      05-25-2015, 02:40 PM   #1
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Everyone knows about the classic car show at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. But at the traffic circle BEFORE you get to Villa d'Este is the unassuming Villa Erbe, tucked away in a wooded park.

Here you will find pure gold(!) Classic BMWs from the BMW Museum collection. Inside one of the expo buildings, BMW put together a nice display of their Art Cars. I will report more from Villa Erbe in the coming days. But for now enjoy these BMW Art Cars. I think its truly a GREAT (& brave) thing BMW did by commissioning these Art Cars. Now you see "other" manufactures doing it. But BMW was the first.

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BMW celebrates 40 years of BMW Art Cars. “Rolling sculptures” take to the stage around the world in 2015.

Munich, Germany- May 26, 2015...
Lichtenstein. Warhol. Koons. Stella. Calder. Rauschenberg. Holzer. Elíasson. Since a BMW 3.0 CSL painted by Alexander Calder lined up for the Le Mans 24-hour race exactly 40 years ago, the BMW Art Car Collection has fascinated both art and design enthusiasts as well as car and technology fans all around the world.

Ever since the invention of the motor car, artists have drawn inspiration from the thrill of speed, from the phenomenon of mobility and from racing cars as examples of modern sculpture. Since 1975, BMW Art Cars have been a central feature of this story. The idea behind the BMW Art Cars was the brainchild of French racing driver and art enthusiast Hervé Poulain: 40 years ago, Poulain asked artist friend Alexander Calder to apply his creative talents to his race car. Together with Jochen Neerpasch, then BMW Motorsport Director, the first BMW Art Car was born – and it became an instant crowd’s favourite on the race track. Since then, new additions to the BMW Art Car Collection have been made over the years at irregular intervals, with unique works of art from artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney and Jeff Koons.

“The BMW Art Cars provide an exciting landmark at the interface where cars, technology, design, art and motor sport meet,” reflects Maximilian Schöberl, Senior Vice President, Corporate and Governmental Affairs, BMW Group. “The 40-year history of our ‘rolling sculptures’ is as unique as the artists who created them. The BMW Art Cars are an essential element and core characteristic of our global cultural engagement.”

The anniversary celebrations got under way with exhibitions in Hong Kong, at the Centre Pompidou, the BMW Museum and the Concorso d’Eleganza at Lake Como, where the first four BMW Art Cars by Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, plus the M3 GT2 created by Jeff Koons, were all on display. Further presentations are set to follow later in 2015 in New York, Miami and Shanghai.

The group of seventeen artists who have designed BMW models so far since 1975 is very international, and interest in the “rolling sculptures” has spread all around the world. Several cars are usually on display at the BMW Museum in Munich, the home of the BMW Art Cars, as part of its permanent collection. The remaining BMW Art Cars are travelling the globe – to art fairs in Los Angeles, London and Hong Kong, as well as exhibitions at the Louvre, the Guggenheim and the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai.

To date, many of the BMW Art Cars have not only turned heads in museums, but have also – in their earlier life – done so on the race track: Alexander Calder (BMW 3.0 CSL, 1975), Frank Stella (BMW 3.0 CSL, 1976), Roy Lichtenstein (BMW 320 Group 5, 1977), Andy Warhol (BMW M1 Group 4, 1979), Ernst Fuchs (BMW 635CSi, 1982), Robert Rauschenberg (BMW 635CSi, 1986), Michael Jagamara Nelson (BMW M3 Group A, 1989), Ken Done (BMW M3 Group A, 1989), Matazo Kayama (BMW 535i, 1990), César Manrique (BMW 730i, 1990), A. R. Penck (BMW Z1, 1991), Esther Mahlangu (BMW 525i, 1991), Sandro Chia (BMW M3 GTR, 1992), David Hockney (BMW 850CSi, 1995), Jenny Holzer (BMW V12 LMR, 1999), Ólafur Elíasson (BMW H2R, 2007) and Jeff Koons (BMW M3 GT2, 2010).







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      05-26-2015, 05:31 PM   #2
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Of all those art cars displayed, my favorite is Roy Lichtenstein's Group 5 320... I miss that aggressive reverse angle grille.
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Sick post! Having just one of these in the garage would raise my cool level so much
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There's something about these art cars that just gets under my skin.... maybe because it's art on actual works of (automotive) art. You have to wonder at how much value these art cars have created for the brand. Awesome post!!!!
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Still look awesome. Thanks for sharing
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That E9x M3 has always impressed..great collection of art.
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Stunning, thank you OP.
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Very nice pictures,

Thanks for sharing !!
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Amazing..I have never seen such a art cars before..
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So much beauty. Thank you for posting.
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cross posting...

BMW Art Cars – Come Home…
http://www.2addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=482082
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Would love to see all of these under one roof someday!

Love collecting the die cast cars as well.
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They actually did something very similar to this on Top Gear UK. This display of course is a bit better. But the concept remains the same.

Pure beauty. I love it.
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