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A hardcover book, BMW Art Cars, is shown angled on a white background. The cover features a vibrant, close-up abstract image with a halftone dot pattern in orange, red, white, and black. The title is in large white letters, and the publisher, Hatje Cantz, is on the spine.
An overhead shot of the book BMW art cars in its matte black slipcase. The title art cars is debossed vertically in large, glossy black letters. The colorful spine of the book, featuring red, orange, and white sections with black polka dots, is visible on the left side.
A matte black slipcase with a list of names embossed vertically in black text, shot against a white background. A book with a colorful cover featuring black polka dots on white and yellow-orange sections is partially visible peeking out from the right side of the case.
The book cover for BMW Art Cars, published by Hatje Cantz. The cover features a vibrant and abstract close-up of a car's surface, showcasing a mix of colorful patterns including red perforated grids, black halftone dots on white and orange backgrounds, and a black honeycomb texture. The title, art cars, is written vertically in large, bold white text on the right side of the cover.
A coffee table book with a colorful, spotted spine featuring sections of orange, white, and red, is partially slid out from its matte black slipcase. The case has the words art cars embossed in a glossy black finish, with the BMW logo visible below.
A minimalist, two-column table of contents in German, titled Inhalt. The entries list chapter titles and a section on BMW Art Cars from 1975 to 2024, featuring artists such as Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol, Jenny Holzer, and Jeff Koons. Page numbers are connected to the text by thin leader lines.
An open book on a white surface, displaying a two-page spread. The left page features a full-page color photograph of the number 50 BMW Art Car, a 3.0 CSL, with a vibrant yellow, white, and black geometric livery, racing on a track. The right page has an article in German with the large headline Die Rennstrecke als Kunsthappening.
An open book showing a two-page spread. The left page features a photo of a black BMW M6 GT3 against a black background, with vibrant, multi-colored light trails and swirls painted in the air around and above the car. The right page is white with black text, identifying the artist as Cao Fei and the work as BMW M6 GT3, 2016.
An open book showing a two-page photo spread of a brightly painted BMW Art Car parked in a desert landscape. The car is covered in colorful yellow, red, and blue abstract patterns and is surrounded by tall, weathered rock formations under a clear blue sky.
A high-contrast abstract artwork divided into sections. The composition features a regular pattern of black dots on white and orange backgrounds, reminiscent of a perforated screen. This pattern is heavily overlaid with a black, gritty, and distressed texture, with subtle hints of blue, teal, and yellow emerging from underneath.
A two-page magazine spread featuring a photograph of Andy Warhol's 1979 BMW M1 Art Car. The car, adorned with vibrant, painterly swaths of primary colors and the racing number 76, is positioned on a wet street in New York City beneath a large metal overpass. The right page displays the article's title, Rollende Skulpturen, and text in German.
A side-profile, panning shot of the iconic Alexander Calder BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car racing at Le Mans in 1975. The number 93 car, with its bold red, yellow, and blue color-block livery, is in sharp focus, while the racetrack background is blurred to convey a powerful sense of speed.
A side profile of the BMW Art Car by Matazo Kayama, a silver 1990 535i sedan. The car is in a white studio and features a sparkling, abstract design along its side with swirls of deep blue and intricate patterns of cut gold and silver leaf, a technique known as kirikane.
An art installation in a white gallery featuring a long, dome-shaped sculpture. The sculpture is made of a white lattice frame completely encased in a thick layer of ice. A bright, warm orange light glows from within, shining through the icy shell and illuminating the grey floor below.
A two-page magazine spread. The left page contains columns of German text. The right page features a photograph of artist Julie Mehretu wearing sunglasses while sitting in the open cockpit of the BMW M Hybrid V8 Art Car, which has a vibrant, abstract, multicolored livery against a pink background.
A studio photograph of the BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car designed by Frank Stella, shown from the rear three-quarter view against a dark background. The entire white body of the race car is covered in a black and white grid pattern resembling graph paper, with bold, black, geometric and curving lines overlaid on top, creating the impression of a blueprint.
A motion-blurred photograph of the 1977 BMW 320 Group 5 Art Car designed by Roy Lichtenstein, captured at high speed on a racetrack. The car is a streak of light and color against a warm, orange-hued background. Text on the left identifies the artist and provides car specifications.
A two-page spread from a book or magazine about Andy Warhol. The left page is a close-up of a car with thick, expressive strokes of yellow, blue, and red paint around the fuel cap. The right page contains German text, a small photo of Andy Warhol holding a camera, and a large quote from the artist.
A two-page magazine spread featuring the Ernst Fuchs BMW Art Car. On the left is German text with a small photo of the artist painting. The right page shows a large, front-view studio shot of the black car, which is covered in vibrant, stylized flames of red, orange, yellow, and blue.
A studio photograph of the BMW E30 M3 Art Car by Michael Jagamara Nelson, seen in profile against a dark background. The car is completely covered in intricate Australian Aboriginal dot painting, featuring earthy tones of red, orange, yellow, and grey in complex patterns.
A BMW 5-series sedan, the Art Car by Esther Mahlangu, is parked in a grassy African veld. The entire car is covered in a vibrant traditional Ndebele pattern featuring colorful geometric shapes outlined in black. In the background, scattered trees stand under a dramatic, dark blue sky.
BMW Art Cars
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Edited by: Thomas Girst
Graphic Design: Schmid + Widmaier Design
Artist: John Baldessari, Alexander Calder, Sandro Chia, Ken Done, Olafur Eliasson, Cao Fei, Ernst Fuchs, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Michael Jagamara Nelson, Matazo Kayama, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Esther Mahlangu, César Manrique, Julie Mehretu, A.R. Penck, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol
Texts by: Iria Candela, Thomas Girst, Martina Hatzel, Silke Hohmann, Eva Karcher, Claudia Lanfranconi, Leonie Laskowski, Ulrich Lehmann, Jürgen Lewandowski, Carl Gustav Magnusson, Fumio Nanjo, Antonia Niederländer, Phil Patton, Christiane Pyka, Domingo Rivero Arencibia, Peter Robinson, Lowery Stokes Sims
Foreword by: Maximilian Schöberl
German
April 2025, 236 Pages, 220 colored photos
Hardcover in a slipcase
254mm x 300mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5996-0

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de


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Legendary automobiles, designed by artists
Since its invention, the automobile has fascinated the world of art. The BMW Art Cars play a central role in this: since 1975, twenty artists have designed BMW models, with many "rolling sculptures" proving their worth not only in museums, but also previously on the Le Mans race track. With contributions by: John Baldessari, Alexander Calder, Sandro Chia, Olafur Eliasson, Cao Fei, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, César Manrique, Julie Mehretu, A.R. Penck, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol and others.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS by artists represented in the catalog:

10.05.-12.10.2025
Julie Mehretu in K21, Düsseldorf

10.04.-17.08.2025
Robert Rauschenberg in the group exhibition »Fünf Freunde« Museum Brandhorst, Munich

04.07.-31.08.2025

'Fine Art on Wheels'. 8 BMW Art Cars in the Louwman Museum, Den Haag
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