Jeff Koons to create new BMW Art Car

Alexander Calder - USA - 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL art car - Front Side Top

Internationally acclaimed artist Jeff Koons has been announced as the next in a distinguished line of artists who will be creating a BMW Art Car in what is the 35th anniversary year of the programme.

Speaking from his New York studio, Jeff Koons said: “I always thought it would be an honour to work on a BMW Art Car, I look forward to participating in a tradition set forth by such great artists as Calder, Lichtenstein, Stella, and Warhol.”

Alexander Calder - USA - 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL art car - Front Angle Top

Alexander Calder - USA - 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL art car - Front Angle

The Koons BMW Art Car will be revealed later in the year. Details of the model and preliminary design will be announced in due course.

Koons will join an illustrious group of artists that include 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.

Koons and BMW
Koon’s relationship with BMW started more than two decades ago when he first drove a BMW whilst living in Munich, home to the BMW Group headquarters. It was in 2003 that Koons first expressed his desire to create a BMW Art Car.

Frank-Peter Arndt, member of the Board of Management for the BMW AG and responsible for BMW Group’s international cultural formats, said: “We are enormously pleased about Jeff Koons’ eagerly anticipated contribution to the BMW Art Car series, celebrating its 35th anniversary. Art Cars are part of the DNA of BMW’s cultural engagement. As manifested in Koons’ latest sculptural work, what unites us is the belief that nothing is impossible. Our company and Jeff Koons are drawn to permanent innovation and cutting-edge technology.”

BMW Art Cars
Since 1975, artists from around the world have turned BMW cars into art, signifying a particular period, through the Art Car program. In 2007, the last installment was revealed with Olafur Eliasson’s “Your Mobile Expectations: BMW H2R project.” Across the globe many BMW Art Cars have been exhibited in renowned museums throughout the world including the Louvre, the Guggenheim Museums, and the Shanghai Art Museum. They have been displayed at the BMW Museum in Munich, since 2006 and many went on a world tour throughout Asia, Russia, Africa, India, the United States and Mexico.

With over 100 major projects worldwide, BMW Group cultural programs have been an integral part of the company’s contributions to society for almost 40 years. Besides contemporary art, architecture and design, classical music and jazz are key components of this engagement.

Alexander Calder - USA - 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL art car - Front Side

Alexander Calder - USA - 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL art car - Side Top

Andy Warhol - USA - 1979 BMW M1 Group 4 Race Version art car - Front Angle

Andy Warhol - USA - 1979 BMW M1 Group 4 Race Version art car - Front Side

Andy Warhol - USA - 1979 BMW M1 Group 4 Race Version art car - Front Top

Andy Warhol - USA - 1979 BMW M1 Group 4 Race Version art car - Rear Angle

Andy Warhol - USA - 1979 BMW M1 Group 4 Race Version art car - Side Top

Cesar Manrique - E - 1990 BMW 730i art car - Front Angle Top

Cesar Manrique - E - 1990 BMW 730i art car - Front Side

Cesar Manrique - E - 1990 BMW 730i art car - Rear Side

Cesar Manrique - E - 1990 BMW 730i art car - Rear

David Hockney - GB - 1995 BMW 850CSi art car - Front Side Top

David Hockney - GB - 1995 BMW 850CSi art car - Front Side

David Hockney - GB - 1995 BMW 850CSi art car - Front Top

David Hockney - GB - 1995 BMW 850CSi art car - Left Side

Ernst Fuchs - A - 1982 BMW 635 CSi art car - Front Angle

Ernst Fuchs - A - 1982 BMW 635 CSi art car - Front Side Top

Ernst Fuchs - A - 1982 BMW 635 CSi art car - Front

Ernst Fuchs - A - 1982 BMW 635 CSi art car - Left Side

Ernst Fuchs - A - 1982 BMW 635 CSi art car - Side

Esther Mahlangu - ZA - 1991 BMW 525i art car - Front Angle Top

Esther Mahlangu - ZA - 1991 BMW 525i art car - Front Angle

Esther Mahlangu - ZA - 1991 BMW 525i art car - Front Side

Esther Mahlangu - ZA - 1991 BMW 525i art car - Side

Frank Stella - USA - 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL art car - Front Angle

Frank Stella - USA - 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL art car - Front Top

Frank Stella - USA - 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL art car - Side

Jenny Holzer - USA - 1999 BMW V12 LMR art car - Front Angle

Jenny Holzer - USA - 1999 BMW V12 LMR art car - Front Side Top

Jenny Holzer - USA - 1999 BMW V12 LMR art car - Front Side

Jenny Holzer - USA - 1999 BMW V12 LMR art car - Rear Angle Top

Jenny Holzer - USA - 1999 BMW V12 LMR art car - Side Top

Jenny Holzer - USA - 1999 BMW V12 LMR art car - Top

Jenny Holzer - USA - 1999 BMW V12 LMR miniature art car - Front Side Top

Ken Done - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Front Angle

Ken Done - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Front Side

Ken Done - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Left Side

Ken Done - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Rear Side

Ken Done - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Side

Matazo Kayama - J - 1990 BMW 535i art car - Front Side Top

Matazo Kayama - J - 1990 BMW 535i art car - Front Top

Matazo Kayama - J - 1990 BMW 535i art car - Rear Top

Matazo Kayama - J - 1990 BMW 535i art car - Right Side

Matazo Kayama - J - 1990 BMW 535i art car - Side

Michael Jagamara Nelson - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Front Angle

Michael Jagamara Nelson - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Front Side Top

Michael Jagamara Nelson - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Front Side

Michael Jagamara Nelson - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Rear Side Top

Michael Jagamara Nelson - AUS - 1989 BMW M3 Group A Race Version art car - Side

Penck - D - 1991 BMW Z1 art car - Front Angle Top

Penck - D - 1991 BMW Z1 art car - Front Top

Penck - D - 1991 BMW Z1 art car - Right Side

Penck - D - 1991 BMW Z1 art car - Side Top

Penck - D - 1991 BMW Z1 art car - Side

Robert Rauschenberg - USA - 1986 BMW 635 CSi art car - Front Side Top

Robert Rauschenberg - USA - 1986 BMW 635 CSi art car - Front Side

Robert Rauschenberg - USA - 1986 BMW 635 CSi art car - Side

Roy Lichtenstein - USA - 1977 BMW 320I Group 5 Race Version art car - Front Side Top

Roy Lichtenstein - USA - 1977 BMW 320I Group 5 Race Version art car - Front Side

Roy Lichtenstein - USA - 1977 BMW 320I Group 5 Race Version art car - Rear Side

Roy Lichtenstein - USA - 1977 BMW 320I Group 5 Race Version art car - Side

Sandro Chia - I -1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Touring Car Prototype art car - Front Angle

Sandro Chia - I -1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Touring Car Prototype art car - Front Side

Sandro Chia - I -1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Touring Car Prototype art car - Front Top

Sandro Chia - I -1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Touring Car Prototype art car - Front

Sandro Chia - I -1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Touring Car Prototype art car - Rear Angle

Sandro Chia - I -1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Touring Car Prototype art car - Rear Side

Sandro Chia - I -1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Touring Car Prototype art car - Side

Sandro Chia - I -1992 BMW 3-Series Racing Touring Car Prototype art car - Top