tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679709620159391141.post4592235122469337944..comments2023-07-01T05:26:28.560-07:00Comments on fotonomous: BMW ART CARS @ LACMALydia Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626684268631195316noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679709620159391141.post-12641514632620222572009-02-26T11:23:00.000-08:002009-02-26T11:23:00.000-08:00Thanks for your comment. Interesting, but I don't...Thanks for your comment. <BR/><BR/>Interesting, but I don't know if what you say is true or not because I haven't been able to find further verification online. From what I've been able to surmise from various sources I've read, the actual car did race: <BR/><BR/>"The car raced only once, in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979, driven by Manfred Winkelhock (Germany) and the Frenchmen Hervé Poulain and Marcel Mignot. It placed sixth overall and second in class."<BR/><BR/>And recently in July 2008, the car was raced again during the German Formula 1 Grand Prix to mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW M1.<BR/><BR/>More info about the car and a more thorough video of Warhol painting it. <BR/><BR/>The fourth BMW Art Car was created in 1977 by the Pop Art legend Andy Warhol who, unlike the previous artists, worked directly on the full-scale vehicle and painted the car himself.<BR/><BR/>For Andy Warhol to paint an automobile seems a natural. His studio was known as a factory and his greatest fame came from portraying Campbell's Soup cans.<BR/><BR/>Warhol explained the sweeping strokes of his car, "I tried to portray speed pictorially. If a car is moving really quickly, all the lines and colors are blurred."<BR/><BR/>All previous Art Car artists created their designs on 1:5 scale models, called maquettes, and had technicians reproduce their designs on the real cars. Warhol insisted on painting the real M1 himself.<BR/><BR/>He is reported to have spent all of 23 minutes painting the car. He ran his fingers through the paint to leave a personal touch.<BR/><BR/>When asked if he was pleased with the end result, he replied, "I love the car; it's better than the work of art itself."<BR/><BR/>You Tube video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWTlpeeaJZwLydia Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626684268631195316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679709620159391141.post-58007143464834248512009-02-26T09:44:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:44:00.000-08:00I haven't seen the show or catalog, but what might...I haven't seen the show or catalog, but what might not be well known is that the Warhol car was not raced (it was supposed to have been raced)...he used so much paint that the weight and un-aerodynamics of the paint interfered with the racing ability of the car, and so BMW made a copy of Andy's painting on another race car, this time using airbrush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com