NEW ZEALAND///BMW’s VINTAGE AUTOKUNST…

August 8th, 2007

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Andy Warhol’s coveted 1979 BMW M1

BMW’s first “Art Car” (what you thought Scion thought this up?) was created by Alexander Calder in 1975 and since then the incredibly selective program has hosted some of the legends of modern art including Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, and even dark outsider Ernst Fuchs. Now, the German automaker is touring its rolling art collection and this week saw a preview of the New Zeland installment at the Auckland Museum of Art. Featuring vintage chariots customized by ANDY WARHOL, FRANK STELLA, ROY LIECHTENSTEIN, and Australian artist KEN DONE, the exhibit brings out some of the company’s most amazing vehicles with incredibly “period-correct” graphics. HAVE A LOOK:

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The poster: Gotta love the beautiful ’70s design…

ANDY WARHOL 1979 BMW M1:
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The wigged one gets unusually hands-on…

ROY LIECHTENSTEIN 1977 BMW 320i:
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The late Pop artist in his studio with his prototype 320…

KEN DONE 1987 BMW M3:
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“1987″ incarnate…

FRANK STELLA 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL:
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The legendary minimalist and his blueprint-patterned CSL…

Need to own a mini version of the original? Click HERE…

ART CARS IN THE MAKING:

Andy Warhol:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRnmcpZ9S0[/video]

Roy Lichtenstein:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-sq3YjCpM[/video]

Ken Done:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ASxJcS8Ov8[/video]

Frank Stella:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaP9js_xsa8[/video]

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