jeff koons announced for BMW's next art car

BMW 3.0 CSL by alexander calder, 1975

yesterday, BMW announced that american artist jeff koons will design the company's next art car.
as part of the art car series which began in 1975, koons will be the 17th artist to participate
in the program which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. koons' predecessors include:
alexander calder, david hockney, jenny holzer, roy lichtenstein, robert rauschenberg, frank stella
and andy warhol.

back in 2003, koons had expressed an interest in participating as part of the series.
he is known for his carefully fabricated sculptural, video and two-dimensional works that
explore notions of consumerism, banality and sexuality, drawing on a variety of kitsch objects
and images derived from american and consumer culture. he is best known for his series
of inflatable sculptures, along with his more recent massively-sized metallic sculptures
of balloon dogs. that being said, it's most likely his design will go beyond just painting
the surface of the car with patterns and color...
koons' car will not be shown until later this year.


BMW 3.0 CSL by frank stella, 1976


BMW 320i by roy lichtenstein, 1977


BMW M1 by andy warhol, 1979


BMW 635CSi by robert rauschenberg, 1986


BMW 535i by matazo kayama, 1990


BMW 525i by esther mahlangu, 1991


BMW 850CSi by david hockney, 1995


BMW V12 LMR by jenny holzer, 1999


BMW H2R by olafur eliasson, 2007