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j0nes

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The BMW Art Car Project was introduced by the French racecar driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain, who wanted to invite an artist to create a canvas on an automobile. It was in 1975 when Poulain commissioned American artist and friend Alexander Calder to paint the first BMW Art Car. This first example would be a BMW 3.0 CSL which Poulain himself would race in the 1975 Le Mans endurance race.

To date, a total of 16 BMW Art Cars, based on both racing and regular production vehicles, have been created. The most recent artist to to join the program is American artist Jeff Koons. According to Thomas Girst, who has been in charge of the BMW Art Cars project since 2004, the purpose of the project has changed over time: “In the beginning the cars were raced. There wasn’t much of a public relations effort around them… Since then, some of the Art Cars have been used in advertisements to show that BMW is a player in the arts.”
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the whole article below:
http://twistedsifter.com/2010/02/the-bmw-art-car-project/
 
if you ever make another damn facebook thread like that again I swear to God jones I will fly to your state and kick you in the balls.
 
not my fault i didnt think it was going to spaz out like that...and there is no way to end it.
 
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