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These 18 BMW race cars are actual pieces of art

May 31, 2017, 21:52 IST

Lastly, Cao Fei painted the M6 GT3 in a non-reflective black so it would mesh easily into a digital world. You can download BMW Art Car #18 in the app store to experience Fei's multimedia installation.

Jeff Koons' 2010 M3 GT2 racing Art Car raced in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. Koons wanted to reflect the amount of power the car puts out through his art.

Olafur Eliasson's 2007 H2R Art Car is hydrogen powered, like the car it's built around, but has an extremely reshaped exterior. Eliasson layered the outside of the car with ice to "bring together art, design, social, and environmental issues."

Jenny Holzer's 1999 V12 LMR Art Car stays true to BMW's traditional blue and white color scheme. Lettering on the car is reflective so that during the day, blue from the sky paints the words to match the classic BMW coloring.

David Hockney's 1995 850csi Art Car was designed to give the car a see-through feel. If you look at the side, you can see the outline of a driver and a steering wheel, and in the backseat, a Dachshund leaning up against the seat.

Sandro Chio painted his 1992 3 Series racing Art Car to be "Like a mirror, it confronts the people who look at it.”

Esther Mahlangu was the first woman to design a BMW art car. Hers was this 1991 525i. The designs on the car were influenced by artwork created by South African Ndebele tribe people.

A.R. Penck is famous for his "Stick Men" designs which can also be seen on his 1991 Z1 Art Car.

Cesar Manrique tried to emphasize a sensation of speed through his work on the outside of the 1990 730i Art Car.

Matazo Kayama's theme for his 1990 BMW 535i Art Car was “Snow, Moon and Flowers.”

The 1989 Ken Done M3 Group A Art Car was painted to represent the artist's birthplace, Australia, and the beaches and different scenery that exists there.

Michael Jagamara Nelson used the aboriginal Papunya art form to paint his 1989 M3 Group A Art Car.

Robert Rauschenberg's 635CSI Art Car was first shown off to the world at the BMW Gallery in New York in 1986. At that unveiling he said “I think mobile museums are great. For me, this car is a dream come true.”

Ernst Fuchs called his 1982 635 CSi Art Car "Fire Fox on a Hare Hunt."

Andy Warhol's 1979 M1 Art Car was painted by hand in less than a half hour.

On Roy Lichetenstein's 1977 320i Group 5 Art Car, the designs are supposed to represent roads, sunlight, and the sky.

This 3.0 CSL was designed by American artist Frank Stella's and raced at the 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans. The design was supposed to resemble a blueprint.

Alexander Calder's 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car.

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