BMW Art Cars in LA

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   BMW Art Cars at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Last week, we told you that four of BMW's Art Cars were starting their North American tour
in L.A., and that if you were in the area you should go check them out.
Well, we took our own advice and spent a sunny SoCal Saturday afternoon
at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art admiring the cars. On display
are some of the most famous examples (most of the sixteen-car
collection remains at BMW's museum in Munich) including Andy Warhol's 1971 BMW M1 Group 4 racer, Frank Stella's 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL, Roy Lichtenstein's 1977 BMW 320i Group 5 racer, and Robert Rauschenberg's 1986 BMW 635csi.
The cars will be at the museum in Los Angeles until February 24. From
there, they head to New York from March 24 to April 6 and then on to
Mexico after that. For those of you who you can't see the cars in
person, we've included plenty of high-res photos in the gallery below.

Gallery: BMW Art Cars at L.A. County Museum of Art

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dteagles Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Club Member Joined: 09 May 2007 Location: UK, Bucks Status: Offline Points: 3476	Post Options Post Reply Quote dteagles Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: BMW Art Cars in LA Posted: 15 Feb 2009 at 10:15pm
	BMW Art Cars at Los Angeles County Museum of Art From www.autoblog.com Last week, we told you that four of BMW's Art Cars were starting their North American tour in L.A., and that if you were in the area you should go check them out. Well, we took our own advice and spent a sunny SoCal Saturday afternoon at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art admiring the cars. On display are some of the most famous examples (most of the sixteen-car collection remains at BMW's museum in Munich) including Andy Warhol's 1971 BMW M1 Group 4 racer, Frank Stella's 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL, Roy Lichtenstein's 1977 BMW 320i Group 5 racer, and Robert Rauschenberg's 1986 BMW 635csi. The cars will be at the museum in Los Angeles until February 24. From there, they head to New York from March 24 to April 6 and then on to Mexico after that. For those of you who you can't see the cars in person, we've included plenty of high-res photos in the gallery below. Gallery: BMW Art Cars at L.A. County Museum of Art
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Mike Fishwick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Member Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 2753	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike Fishwick Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Feb 2009 at 11:09am
	That's art? The M1 looks as if it were half way through being rubbed down! Most of the so-called art cars appear to have been vandalised by small children with black paint, but I suppose 'art' is in the eye of the beholder. Cheap rubbish is rubbish, but expensive rubbish is often confused with art - it depends on who does it, and how it is promoted, as with the dead cow pickled in formaldihyde, or the crack across the floor at the Tate Modern. You see better (real) art on some trucks and coaches, in the form of voluptuous women, horses, landscapes etc. Does anyone remember the story of the Emporer's Clothes - it seems to ring a bell . . .

dteagles Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Club Member Joined: 09 May 2007 Location: UK, Bucks Status: Offline Points: 3476	Post Options Post Reply Quote dteagles Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Feb 2009 at 11:22am
	Mike, I think it is a case of "each to their own" and "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Or something like that..... But I am with you, just because Warhol did it (the M1) doesn't make it good Darren.
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janc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Club Member Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote janc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Feb 2009 at 6:38pm
	Saw these cars 2 1/2 years ago in KL. Look good when stood next to 3.0 CSL awesome.

safe1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Club Member BMWCC Club President Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1426	Post Options Post Reply Quote safe1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Feb 2009 at 7:21pm
	Mike---youre missing the point.The fact that there ARE the Art cars to discuss is an achievement for you and I to disagree about!!!.YOU may dislike the interpretation of a particular artist/petrolhead on what they see when looking at a particular image but thats the objective. Maybe if the subject was a boxer/K whatever you may define as art, prospectives may change your directions. ME!!! Hands up---My 15 Artcars-LUVem!!!!!--everytime I pass them by!!! BUT if you want to take issue with No 16-------------I,m with you.
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Mike Fishwick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Member Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 2753	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike Fishwick Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Feb 2009 at 11:35am
	Good engineering is an art form in itself - just look at any aircraft museum, where the old dictum that 'Form follows function' is seen in every exhibit. Good job that colectors do not buy old aircraft, as the MoD would sell their entire collection for the government to be able to give another 0.000001 pence off income tax! My favourite artist is Turner - he painted things which can be understood by ordinary people, because they looked like what he had seen, such as 'HMS Tenerere going to scrap.'