Spotlight:
1. a bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage
2. the circle of light shed by a spotlight
3. the center of attention; the highlight or most important part
If this is Spotlight Month on SpeedHunters, then this car ticks all the boxes, fulfills all the requirements. A BMW Art Car is a big deal both in racing terms but also for car culture.
2010 sees Jeff Koons join the roster of those who have created Art Cars for BMW. 1975 saw driver Herve Poulain ask his friend Alexander Calder to produce a design for his BMW CSL, due to run at Le Mans that year. The popular acclaim it attracted launched a whole series of these cars.
Mike Garrett had a look at these cars earlier
http://www.speedhunters.com/archive/2009/09/22/retrospective-gt-gt-the-bmw-art-cars.aspx
Monday saw Koons in Paris at the Eiffel Tower and the Pompidou Centre showing off his latest creation, the #79 BMW M3 GT2 which will be racing in the GT2 Class at the Le Mans 24 Hours next week.
It is eye catching.
And now seeing it on a real car as opposed to the initial renderings, I like it.
There is a photographic competition launched by the Council of La Sarthe and L'Automobile Club de l'Ouest.
http://www.endurancephotos.sarthe.com/en-GB/default.asp
It is not hard to imaging that the M3 GT2 will feature prominently in any such contest.
Fresh from their success in the Nurburgring 24 Hours, BMW Motorsport will be confident of a good run at La Sarthe.
The Reveal, and the usual bunch of cameras………………
Those of us photographing this year's Le Mans will have something bright to focus on whatever the weather.
John Brooks
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Nice car! When can i buy it?:D
I've sen it it the flesh and it's great!
Stunning.
sorry but this is rubbish.. and of course it's not art.
wow.. was scared by the first pic but it actually works and looks stunning when you see the whole car..
The link to the retrospective doesn't work for me, unfortunately.
I'd sure drive it.
Man I've been waiting to see this come to life - much much better looking than the renderings suggested. Now I'm even more jealous that I'm not shooting La Mans
Thank GOD someone finally made a new art car. These are amazing, and the new GT2 car was the perfect canvas for it. I love it
Not trying to insult the artist, but there're many better ways to make a car eye catching, and yet looks cool, this one is more like a candy bar than a race car, i believe the sponsor's decal is not gonna work well on it as well, which in my perspective, a total fail.
the green hell, now is not so green...
Sorry but Andy Warhol's M1 looks so much better! Still a great design and of course a great car
The first pic BMW put out a few months ago had me worried, but this has come out extremely well for a BMW Art Car. I think its my favourite.
I like how the lines all start at the front and expand with steps as you work your way around the side.
NLR - No sponsor decals, the point of these cars are they are seen as blank Canvas to create ABSTRACT art. Sponsors take a secondary spot on the side sill.
DESKTOPS!!!!!!!!!!!
7th or 8th
looks great
Thats a nice paint job I like the style and the creativeness of it.
This Art Car is my favorite one yet.... by miles.... I LOVE IT!!... I really hope someone makes a good scale model of this!
.........not trying to insult the artist but i must say i don't like it,
i believe this paint job will not works well with the sponsorship decal, yea it's eye catching but only the car itself, and it looks more like a candy than a race car, which is horrible....well may be it's gonna be a big hit for racing culture... but in a bad way in my perspective...
I dig it.
WALL PAPER! Please.
Brilliant design!
I hope it's not just a vinyl wrap, because that thing looks awesome.
Id rock it,
Wallpaper?
HOT-WOW!!! I love the BMW Art Series of Cars!
awesome!!!!!
Awesome! make as wallpapers!
The only thing that I hate is the front I think needs more colors.
Is a great Idea but looks too dark and the ligths and grill get loss.
But is a good Old School Idea.
Bring them back.
The car is awesome. Love the side pipes. The color is like a neo-tokyo video game explosion of graphics.... nicely done.
Love it,
Can't wait one week for Le Mans
Stuning car! We demand Wallpapers!
@Andy Blackmore i see, sorry may be shouldn't make these kind of comment before i have fully understanding of the art..........man i'm really embarrass now
I think this art car met its purpose perfectly
(sorry i made 2 post i thought my first post was not loading to the blog)
it must look amazing at high speeds!
That is SWEET!!!
It'll look amazing when speeding on track in the night.
Hideous.
It's cool looking and all, but it looks like it was designed by a 3 year old kid. "Hey, let's put a bunch of random colored stripes down the length of the car"....original? No.
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It's a great CAR, but the ART part of it is nothing compared to the past BMW Art Cars.
Iv said:
sorry but this is rubbish.. and of course it's not art.
Funny, i thought art was a way of expressing yourself...
Anyway, Nice addition to the Art Car Collection!
The livery destroys the lines of the BMW, a novice would never know what type of car he's looking at. 1/10
I'm not a fan of Koons. For the most part, I consider him to be waaaaay over-rated and I hate his kitschy crap. I will give him this one though, I do like the way it looks. Still, I would have preferred someone else, like Murakami. Imagine what THAT car would have looked like.
I dig it!
nice, fabulous
Kaizer, BMW art cars don't have sponsor stickers.
IV, your reaction proves it is art.
incredible.
+1
DESKTOP IS A MUST
Now this is real art. Everyone has their own opinion on it and people love it or hate it. This is what art is about and what art should be. I think Koons has succeeded in achieving the objective of what a piece of art should be.
@drhovno i am starting to do some research about the BMW art car
Warhol so much better. So many cars are art already anyway, in my opinion.
Brilliant!
Kaizer, this is how the actual race car will look - no sponsorship decals.
The rendering didn't look great, but the actual car actually looks pretty stunning. I think you guys should have written about what the artist was trying to capture, a sort of explanation of his art. That would have definitely helped. Props to BMW for continuing the art car series. This is easily on par with the Andy Warhol CSL.
ese coche esta wapisimo................es lo mas
NICE!!!