{"product_id":"45722-bmw-art-cars","title":"BMW Art Cars","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwelve years after the first Benz patent motorcar Number 1 made its first journey in July 1886, a car raced across the image in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec\u0026rsquo;s lithograph, \u003cem\u003eThe Automobilist\u003c\/em\u003e. La 628-E8, a novel named after the license plate number of its author, Octave Mirbeau, was published in the early twentieth century. In his Futurist Manifesto, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti rated the beauty of a racecar\u0026rsquo;s revving engine and speed higher than the aesthetics of the Nike of Samothrace. Ever since its invention, artists have been examining the automobile, and the BMW Art Cars have played a central role here. Alexander Calder\u0026rsquo;s BMW 3.0 CSL from 1975 was the first in a series brought to life by Herv\u0026eacute; Poulain, lover of auto racing and works of art, in collaboration with BMW\u0026rsquo;s head of motorsports, Jochen Neerpasch. Seventeen artists have since designed BMW models, and the \u0026ldquo;rolling sculptures\u0026rdquo; have not only proved themselves in museums, but also on the race track at Le Mans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eARTISTS FEATURED (selection)\u003cbr \/\u003e\nJohn 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, C\u0026eacute;sar Manrique, A.R.Penck, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45526194520328,"sku":"9783775744829","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775744829_2cfa5146-7732-4149-b9ed-73eb75517ca5.jpg?v=1744046537","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/45722-bmw-art-cars","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}