In 1975, BMW started the project called Art Cars. They invited artist to paint a BMW vehicle with their technique. Andy Warhol did one of those in 1979, and the miniature is at the BMW Museum in South Carolina.
The model was hand painted by Warhol in real scale in 23 minutes to avoid defects on the painting. All windows needed to be removed and replaced after the art work. Andy wanted to simulate the high speed doing blur and splited ink simulatons.
The 1:18 special edition miniatures were sold for 125 dolars that time, but nowadays they are rare, and expensive.
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| BMW and Andy Warhol, 1979. |
More cars and engineers are there, in the BMW Museum besides the BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. A 10 minutes virtual tour is avaliable when is not possible visit the plant. It~s happen qhen they have a new model coming to the market.
Have fun you too!
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| Agente 007's car. |
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| Old models. |
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| Charming red Romisetta. |
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| Big picture of the Museu, and the "Isetta" for camping. |
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| "Isetta" again. |
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| "Isetta" wearing a hat. |
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| Old style photo, and funny models. |
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Isabela: Brazilian, designer, works with automotive fabrics in the US. She did psychology college as well and had enjoyed a lot. She is living abroad for while, maybe because this she likes trends, cultures and behaviors.
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