BMW M3 GT2 Art Car by Jeff Koons

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed)
Jun 3rd 2010 at 10:02PM

There's a great history to BMW's art cars. Over the past 35 years, sixteen such collaborations have been undertaken between the German automaker and famous artists. Among them were none other than Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. And now BMW has unveiled its latest.

The work of American artist Jeff Koons, this M3 GT2 race car was unveiled in Paris before heading to the 24 Hours of Le Mans next week where it will actually compete as one of the two cars BMW is fielding during this year's iconic race.

This isn't the first time, however, that a BMW art car has been used in an actual race: other notable examples included Alexander Calder's 1975 3.0 CSL and Jenny Holzer's 1999 V12 LMR. In fact many of the original art cars competed at Le Mans. Let's just hope that, like it predecessors, this one doesn't crash during the race.

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Art, Sports

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Deborah-Eve Jun 4th 2010 9:31AM

Form AND function! Watching an Art Car zoom around a track would be like standing still in a gallery and having the art move into your view rather than having to walk up to the art!

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