1975년 부터 오알쇼크로 침체된 자동차 산업의 부흥을 위해서 매수년 마다 여러 아티스트에 의해 만들어지고 있는 BMW Art Car.
그 중 네번째 시리즈인 1979년 Andy Worhol이 paint한 BMW M1 의 1:18 스케일 모델.

지난 여름 이 시리즈에 대해서 알고는 소장하기로 결심하여 구입한 모델.
(마침 사보에 개인 Desk 소장품을 소개해 달라기에 생각난김에 블로그 포스팅까지..왜 포스팅 안했었지?)
구입가의 대부분이 배송비일것 처럼 무게도 상당하고 케이스나 색깔이 실제 차처럼 완성도가 치밀하였다.
실제 차는 앤디가 Paint 할  당시의 차값도 무려 1억여원이었지만, 지금은 170억원을 호가한다고..


The fourth Bmw Art Car was created in 1977 by the Pop Art legend Andy Warhol who, unlike the previous artists, worked directly on the full-scale vehicle and painted the car himself.

For Andy Warhol to paint an automobile seems a natural. His studio was known as a factory and his greatest fame came from portraying Campbell’s Soup cans.

Warhol explained the sweeping strokes of his car, “I tried to portray speed pictorially. If a car is moving really quickly, all the lines and colors are blurred.”

All previous Art Car artists created their designs on 1:5 scale models, called maquettes, and had technicians reproduce their designs on the real cars. Warhol insisted on painting the real M1 himself.

He is reported to have spent all of 23 minutes painting the car. He ran his fingers through the paint to leave a personal touch.

When asked if he was pleased with the end result, he replied, “I love the car; it’s better than the work of art itself.”

The car raced only once, in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979, driven by Manfred Winkelhock (Germany) and the Frenchmen Herv? Poulain and Marcel Mignot. It placed sixth overall and second in class.