BMW 850 CSi Art Car

"MoparKetchup" (moparketchup) 09/09/2013 at 14:24 • Filed to: Art Car

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“We see the beauty within and cannot say no.”- Dave, Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Welcome to another chapter of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , where we look at David Hockney’s project and his inner perspective of this 1995 BMW 850 CSi.

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How would a car look like if the exterior displayed the inner workings of the car, with its engine roaring, the owner shifting his/her life away, and all that comes along with said owner: dog, grocery bags, suitcase, cellphone, etc…? Hockney spent several months painting his car to look just like that.

You can feel the scorching heat of the 5.6-liter V12 vigorously pumping out its 380 horses just by looking at it. At the same time you can appreciate the artist's openness by giving away his personal space through his paintbrush. However, he also included the outward landscape because "traveling around in a car means experiencing landscapes", giving us the reason why he chose to use the color green in some parts of his BMW.

Here is an interview with the artist and his car.

Here are links with more information about the car:

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http://www.bmwartcarcollection.com/2011/05/14-dav…

http://www.carstyling.ru/en/entry/BMW_8…

Thanks to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and his awesome photos! Visit his flickr page and enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgmca/s…

505Turbeaux > MoparKetchup 09/09/2013 at 14:42

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I think this one is on the bottom end of the Art Cars for me. Big fan of the Warhol, Rauschenberg, and the Calder which is just pure genius. #1-6 are just gorgeous to me, but maybe it is the underlying metal

MoparKetchup > 505Turbeaux 09/09/2013 at 14:52

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I agree. That's why I started with the most modern ones first because in my opinion, the more we go into the past, the bolder the artistic expression and the underlying metal.

505Turbeaux > MoparKetchup 09/09/2013 at 14:55

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Oh I see where you were going with this...and I like it. The Holzer was almost an embarrassment to the BMW Art Car name in my mind, though I am sure many would disagree.

MoparKetchup > 505Turbeaux 09/09/2013 at 15:33

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I think she could have done more with that car... The phrases were meaningful, but at least paint them in some interesting background... I'm going out on a limb here, but I haven't found any information about how much time she spent on the project, so I assume she didn't give it the importance it deserved and didn't spend too much time on it. The car on its own looks great though.

505Turbeaux > MoparKetchup 09/09/2013 at 15:35

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I had heard it took quite a bit of time, and I still have the phrase "Protect me from what I want" hanging on my wall (as a reminder). The point was to have it on a stark background, some people consider that art...somehow. Maybe I am just an idiot for thinking otherwise.