Andy Warhol BMW M1 art car
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Just found out an interesting story about how the car was painted and the reaction from the owner of the paint shop
I don't think it looks too bad, but obviously being applied my hand rather than a spray gun he was never oing to get a glass like finish
story said:
Andy Warhol needed just 24 minutes to paint this BMW M1 Group 4 racecar. It was the 4th BMW Art Car in the series created by Jochen Neerpasch, the man who birthed the M1, and Hervé Poulain, the French racing driver and art auctioneer.
Prior artists had painted a scale model of the car, then had their artwork laboriously transferred to the full-size model. But Warhol insisted on painting the car himself, dipping his fingers into the paint, daubing it on with a foam brush, smelling its intoxicating fumes, feeling the bodywork with his own hands. His signature is on the car, signed with his finger right by the exhaust.
Warhol painted the M1 in a paint shop frequented by BMW, right outside Munich. By the time the television crews had rolled in, he was finished. "Should I paint another car?" he asked, pointing at a brand-new BMW, one that was belonged to the man who owned the paint shop.
"Over my dead body," the owner replied.
The owner of the paint shop must kick himself every day. Prior artists had painted a scale model of the car, then had their artwork laboriously transferred to the full-size model. But Warhol insisted on painting the car himself, dipping his fingers into the paint, daubing it on with a foam brush, smelling its intoxicating fumes, feeling the bodywork with his own hands. His signature is on the car, signed with his finger right by the exhaust.
Warhol painted the M1 in a paint shop frequented by BMW, right outside Munich. By the time the television crews had rolled in, he was finished. "Should I paint another car?" he asked, pointing at a brand-new BMW, one that was belonged to the man who owned the paint shop.
"Over my dead body," the owner replied.
I don't think it looks too bad, but obviously being applied my hand rather than a spray gun he was never oing to get a glass like finish
What a load of overrated, pretentious, bulls
t. It's a car hand painted, literally, by a pissed, drug crazed, disconnected, damaged, egotistical nutter surrounded by yes-men continuously reinforcing his odd behaviour as talent and uniqueness. Reminds me of many a talentless celebrity moron today, time and myth has exaggerated achievement.
Looks cr4p like his pop art st, but that's just my opinion.
t. It's a car hand painted, literally, by a pissed, drug crazed, disconnected, damaged, egotistical nutter surrounded by yes-men continuously reinforcing his odd behaviour as talent and uniqueness. Reminds me of many a talentless celebrity moron today, time and myth has exaggerated achievement. Looks cr4p like his pop art s
t, but that's just my opinion.Edited by VonSenger on Monday 26th January 21:26
VonSenger said:
What a load of overrated, potencious, bullst. It's car hand painted, literally, by a pissed, drug crazed, disconnected, damaged, egotistical nutter surrounded by yes-men continuously reinforcing his odd behaviour. Reminds me of many a talentless celebrity moron today, time and myth has exaggerated achievement.
Looks cr4p like his pop art st, but that's just my opinion.
I agree - completely st. It's car hand painted, literally, by a pissed, drug crazed, disconnected, damaged, egotistical nutter surrounded by yes-men continuously reinforcing his odd behaviour. Reminds me of many a talentless celebrity moron today, time and myth has exaggerated achievement. Looks cr4p like his pop art s
t, but that's just my opinion.t and a waste of a carlord trumpton said:
VonSenger said:
What a load of overrated, potencious, bullst. It's car hand painted, literally, by a pissed, drug crazed, disconnected, damaged, egotistical nutter surrounded by yes-men continuously reinforcing his odd behaviour. Reminds me of many a talentless celebrity moron today, time and myth has exaggerated achievement.
Looks cr4p like his pop art st, but that's just my opinion.
I agree - completely st. It's car hand painted, literally, by a pissed, drug crazed, disconnected, damaged, egotistical nutter surrounded by yes-men continuously reinforcing his odd behaviour. Reminds me of many a talentless celebrity moron today, time and myth has exaggerated achievement. Looks cr4p like his pop art s
t, but that's just my opinion.t and a waste of a cart, and the rest of us who don't give a st.VonSenger said:
What a load of overrated, pretentious, bullst. It's a car hand painted, literally, by a pissed, drug crazed, disconnected, damaged, egotistical nutter surrounded by yes-men continuously reinforcing his odd behaviour as talent and uniqueness. Reminds me of many a talentless celebrity moron today, time and myth has exaggerated achievement.
Looks cr4p like his pop art st, but that's just my opinion.
Nope, it's mine too.t. It's a car hand painted, literally, by a pissed, drug crazed, disconnected, damaged, egotistical nutter surrounded by yes-men continuously reinforcing his odd behaviour as talent and uniqueness. Reminds me of many a talentless celebrity moron today, time and myth has exaggerated achievement. Looks cr4p like his pop art s
t, but that's just my opinion.
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