BMW Museum is nowadays the host of an extraordinary collection of cars: the BMW Fine art Automobile collection. Xv out of the seventeen BMW Fine art Cars that were created through time, beginning in 1975, are exhibited in the basin-shape section of the BMW Museum in Munich, and at the very top of the line, sits the 17th BMW Fine art Car, the BMW M3 GT2 created by Jeff Koons.

The origin of the BMW Art Cars lies in Motorsport, and the 17th BMW Art Automobile makes no exception. Jeff Koons, the artist chosen for this project and one of the well-nigh famous artists in the globe today, has tried to correspond in his design the energy of the BMW M3 GT2.

In order to exercise and so, he immersed in the world of sports cars, riding even a BMW M1, to get a feel for the "raw, unfiltered ability" of the car and to get to know the exhilaration of speed.

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As part of his artistic process, the creative person collected images of race cars, related graphics, vibrant colors, speed and explosions. The resulting artwork of bright colors conceived past Koons is evocative of power, movement and bursting energy. Its silver interior along with the powerful exterior design, the Art Car will impart a dynamic appearance even when it's standing nevertheless.

Koons had consummate liberty with the blueprint – the simply status imposed by BMW Motorsport was that the aerodynamics of the racing car could not exist altered in whatsoever way. Timing was too an upshot, as there was but two months between the showtime design sketches and the Paris world premiere. This is why digital impress on car wrapping vinyl was used covered by a double articulate-blanket to bring out the color.

To apply hundreds of dynamic lines of Koons' blueprint onto the car, CAD designs were translated from 3D into 2D for the printing process and then painstakingly practical to the entire automobile besides every bit onto private spare parts. Koons design incorporates many bright contrasting colors to communicate the aesthetics of ability. The concept pattern was transformed into difficult eged lines of color. Graphics of droppings were added to the rear sides and back of the car to simulate the power of the car. Furthermore, two graphic rings on the rear of the automobile represent supersonic acceleration.

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"These race cars are like life, they are powerful and there is a lot of energy," said Jeff Koons in a printing release. "You lot can participate with it, add to it and permit yourself transcend with its energy. There is a lot of power under that hood and I want to allow my ideas transcend with the car – information technology's really to connect with that ability."

The BMW M3 GT2 participated on June 12 and 13 to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's oldest endurance race in all of sports auto racing, held annually since 1923 near the boondocks of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Andy Priaulx (GB), Dirk Müller (DE) and Dirk Werner (DE) take raced the no. 79 BMW Art Automobile, which unfortunately had to retire early in the race, due to technical difficulties.

Derived from the BMW M3 high-performance sports machine, the BMW M3 GT2 boasts a 4.0-litre V8 engine with a maximum output of 500 bhp, an upgraded chassis, racing-quotient brakes, and extensive use of lightweight materials. The BMW M3 GT2 accelerates to 62 mph in iii.4 seconds, and reaches a top speed of 186 mph.

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You tin adore the BMW M3 GT2 at BMW Museum until the stop of June 2011.

In the following days we volition get dorsum with a more comprehensive story of all the xv BMW Art Cars exhibited at BMW Museum. Stay tuned for exclusive pictures and details!