Jeff Koons to Create 35th BMW Art Car
February 5, 2010 | Levent OZLER
Internationally acclaimed artist Jeff Koons will create the 17th BMW Art Car in the 35th anniversary year of the program.
Since 1975, artists from throughout the world have turned BMW automobiles into art signifying a particular period through the Art Car program.
In 2007, the latest installment was revealed with Olafur Eliasson's "Your mobile expectations: BMW H2R project."
Many of these have been exhibited in renowned museums throughout the world including the Louvre, the Guggenheim Museums, and the Shanghai Art Museum.
"I always thought it would be an honor to work on a BMW Art Car," said Jeff Koons.
"I look forward to participate in a tradition set forth by such great artists as Calder, Lichtenstein, Stella and Warhol."
"The entire BMW Group is looking forward to this celebration of contemporary art by Jeff Koons, one of the greatest artists of our time," said O'Donnell in making the announcement.
Koons will join an illustrious group of artists that includes Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, and Alexander Calder - each of whom has made a unique artistic statement about the appearance and meaning of cars.
The Koons BMW Art Car will be revealed later this year.
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