OTS - First design studies for Julie Mehretu's BMW Art Car revealed.
2024. February 05. 15:00
New York/Munich, 5 February, 2024 (APA/OTS) - Julie Mehretu
presents her first design studies for the 20th BMW Art Car. For
this project, the internationally renowned artist combines her
artistic work with a personal enthusiasm for automotive design and
speed. She translates dynamism into form and applies one of her
monumental motifs from a two-dimensional picture plane onto a
three-dimensional industrially designed object. In the course of
this creative process, the BMW M Hybrid V8 racing car prototype
becomes the canvas of Mehretu's multi-layered art and the next
addition to the legendary BMW Art Car Collection. Just as Roy
Lichtenstein's (1977) and Jeff Koons' (2010) "rolling sculptures",
the 20th BMW Art Car will also celebrate its official world
premiere at the Centre Pompidou in Paris on May 21, before
competing with starting number 20 a few weeks later in the 24 Hours
of Le Mans on June 15/16, 2024.
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Mehretu on the design process of the 20th BMW Art Car: "It
wasn't until after going to the 24 Hours race in Daytona last year
that the idea of how to approach the BMW Art Car really
crystallised. I was thinking about Frank Stella's grid and how this
could also be a shout-out to former BMW Art Car artists. And I kept
thinking of this painting in my studio that I had just finished,
and the model of the Art Car was in my studio and I thought maybe
we can try to have the car move through this painting." For the
first time, Julie Mehretu is working with BMW on a
three-dimensional format. The interplay of the surfaces and
geometry of the vehicle design creates a remix of elements of her
painting and opens up new perspectives for the artist in her
process.
Further information and image material available at:
https://press.bmwgroup.com/NCPSx
Press contact:
Christiane Pyka
Spokesperson BMW Group Cultural Engagement
Phone: +49-89-382-40139
Email: Christiane.Pyka@bmwgroup.com
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