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585 Horsepower BMW M6 Art Car Unveiled
Imagine if BMW gave you a new M6 to paint whatever you want on it for kicks. What would you do to it?
Well, since 1975, renowned artists like Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein have re-imagined and created some of the most incredible moving works of art in the world.
Now, conceptual California artist John Baldessari has added his minimalist’s touch to a BMW M6 GTLM, creating a racecar that can hold its own along side the greatest artist cars commissioned by the Bavarian company.
Baldessari’s 585-horsepower M6 made its world debut at Art Basel in Miami Beach this week and unlike the rest of the pricy artworks at the annual art fair, this one will actually race at Rolex 24 at Daytona on January 28 and 29.
We can’t wait to see the mostly white car with a yellow triangle on the hood, giant red dot on the roof, and a massive sky blue wing test its mettle on the track. It even has the word FAST emblazoned on the driver’s door.
“I have done only one work in my life involving a car before, and that was an image of a car. So for the BMW Art Car project, I entered uncharted territory, not just in terms of the subject, but also moving from two- to three-dimensional art. A challenge I did enjoy!” Baldessari said in a statement.
“The ideas all came at once: for instance, the red dot on the roof, so you can see it from above, FAST on one side and a picture of the car on the other side. I like the ambiguity, having two-dimension and three-dimension at the same time. Considering the car as an icon of contemporary life, my concept turned out playfully satirical, but it also highlights some of the trademark ideas that I use. So you can say, the BMW Art Car is definitely a typical Baldessari and the fastest artwork I ever created!”
There’s no doubt about that. Back in 1975, Alexander Calder was the first artist to design a car for BMW. Calder’s wild BMW 3.0 CSL was raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and his 3.0 still looks amazing today, too.
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Land Rover Wants to Rock Your World
Land Rover has teamed up with acclaimed Norwegian photographer Jonas Bendiksen for a new series of works called “Ultimate Vistas.” Talk about awesome gigs to have.
Bendiksen, working with Magnum Photos, took a series of stunning urban and landscape snaps as he tooled around in his home country in a brand new Range Rover Autobiography. When you travel to the ends of the earth, you may as well do it in style, right?
“I spend my entire life chasing that perfect picture, but part of the joy of it is in that hunt. Photography is for me a language, a way in which I can express myself, and it has become a way in which I see the world,” Bendiksen said in a statement.
“I love trips I can do entirely by driving. When I’m on the road I can stop anywhere and capture an opportunity in an instant. The Range Rover was the perfect partner for me in that respect.”
Four-wheel drive, a supercharged V-8 with 510 horsepower, and intelligent technology like the Rover’s Terrain Response 2 helped the photographer and his team to traverse roads less traveled.
Norway has over 50,000 islands and 51,000 miles coastline of fjords, inlets and bays. The big Scandinavian adventure begins in Oslo and heads north to the Dovre mountains via the switchback roads of the Trollstigen. From there Bendiksen and company also visited the snow-covered plateaus and fjords of Geiranger and the Art Nouveau-inspired town of Ålesund.
Future locations for the series will include the United States and China. We can’t wait to see those, but in the meantime you can enjoy some breathtaking armchair travel in the gallery below.
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