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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samantha567" data-source="post: 7407894" data-attributes="member: 240281"><img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_main.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Our cars, ourselves – and if tattooing our bodies is desirable,  arting up our <a href="http://weburbanist.com/transportation" target="_blank">cars</a> is as well. These 15  artistic <a href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/08/03/20-of-the-worlds-most-awesome-art-cars/" target="_blank">automotive  expressions</a> illustrate how some are driven to put a personal stamp  on the steel skins of the 4-wheeled objects of our affection. Mobile Maker Meets Mobile Machine <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(images via: <a href="http://www.worldcarfans.com/104033110841/bmw-art-cars" target="_blank">World Car  Fans</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiazi/391799637/" target="_blank">Jiazi</a>) It seems only natural that an artist known for creating mobiles would  choose the ultimate mobile as his medium. Such is the case with  Alexander Calder, commissioned by Herve Poulain to give his 1975 BMW 3.0  CSL “Batmobile” a new and distinctive look. Poulain, an art auctioneer  when he wasn’t racing at Le Mans and other touring car circuits, took  his <a href="http://www.worldcarfans.com/104033110841/bmw-art-cars" target="_blank">Calder-ized  Bimmer</a> racing. BMW bigwigs were so impressed that the German  automaker decided to commission more Art Cars in the Calder mode. Bimmers That Glimmer <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(images via: <a href="http://lookintomyowl.com/robin-rhode-expression-of-joy.html" target="_blank">Look  Into My Owl</a>, <a href="http://www.daylife.com/topic/Robert_Rauschenberg/photos/all/1" target="_blank">Daylife</a>  and <a href="http://www.autofiends.com/2008/06/top-5-art-cars/" target="_blank">Autofiends</a>) Art ain’t cheap – at least corporate art sure isn’t, and when you’re  BMW you can afford to bring cool cars and famous artists together. A  unique series of four <a href="http://www.autofiends.com/2008/06/top-5-art-cars/" target="_blank">BMW Art Cars</a>  featured acclaimed artists like Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Roy  Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg  doing what they do best on sheet metal  canvasses. Fender Bender <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://www.woostercollective.com/2007/03/best_car_art_ever.html" target="_blank">Wooster  Collective</a>) Someone is driving this rolling statement of raw power around Berlin,  Germany. Combining classic trompe l’oeil with a dash of surrealism,  this is one piece of <a href="http://www.woostercollective.com/2007/03/best_car_art_ever.html" target="_blank">car  art</a> that’s a hands down winner. V-Daub <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://www.cartype.com/pages/361/volkswagens_art_car_campaign" target="_blank">Cartype</a>) As a great sage and eminent pitchman once said, “You know the  Germans make good stuff”. They also have a thing for making their  cars stand out in, ahem, unusual ways. Take this brace of Beetles, for  instance, designed for the Volkswagen Olympic <a href="http://www.cartype.com/pages/361/volkswagens_art_car_campaign" target="_blank">Art  Car Campaign</a>. Both full-size cars and fourteen 1:4 scale New  Beetles were daubed up for display in a traveling show to help promote  the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Exclusive Golf Club <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(images via: <a href="http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/printer_2243.shtml" target="_blank">VW  Vortex</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/n1yln/2916021970/" target="_blank">N1yln</a>) Any color you like, as long as it’s 4 colors… on each car. That’s  what you’d get if you ordered a 1996 <a href="http://artcar.blogspot.com/2009/07/96-vw-golf-harlequin-art-car-and.html" target="_blank">Harlequin  Golf</a>, one of the few painted art cars built for sale to the general  public. Not al that many WERE built – 264 to be exact – but if you’ve  ever seen a Golf with what seem to be mismatched body panels then that’s  one mystery solved. If you actually own a Harlequin Golf, be sure to  join the VW Golf Harlequin registry formed by <a href="http://www.rossvw.com/harlequin/" target="_blank">Ross VW</a>. Just 91 original  Harlequins have signed up, plus one Harlequin wannabe in Japan who  painted his regulation Golf in Ginster Yellow, Tornado Red, Chagall Blue  and Pistachio Green just for the hell of it. Harlequin Romance <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://artcar.blogspot.com/2009/07/96-vw-golf-harlequin-art-car-and.html" target="_blank">Artcar</a>) Some folks really like the Harlequin paint scheme, so much that  they’ll modify their own rides just to get that eye-catching, schizoid  look. So-called <a href="http://artcar.blogspot.com/2009/07/96-vw-golf-harlequin-art-car-and.html" target="_blank">Harlequin  Wannabes</a> are few and far between but if you do see one it tends to  stick in your memory – which is likely what the owners have in mind. A-Mazda-ing Art Cars <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_7a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_7b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(images via: <a href="http://joshspear.com/item/mazda-and-quiksilver/" target="_blank">Josh Spear</a>, <a href="http://www.surfingmagazine.com/news/surfing-pulse/quiksilver-mazda-080205/" target="_blank">SURFING  Magazine</a> and <a href="http://cars.ign.com/articles/655/655444p1.html" target="_blank">IGN</a>) Mazda took a page from BWM with a gnarly series of art cars designed  to promote the 2005 Mazda 5. Partnering up with west coast surfwear  & surfware seller <a href="http://www.surfingmagazine.com/news/surfing-pulse/quiksilver-mazda-080205/" target="_blank">Quiksilver</a>,  the wild paint-jobs on the 5’s are meant to evoke the free-wheeling  aesthetic of the surfing lifestyle. Goood Kitty! <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://steelworksco.blogspot.com/2009/01/jaguer.html" target="_blank">Steelworks</a>) You might ask, who would take a classic  Jaguar E-Type and paint it up to look like, well, a jaguar? Not  many would today, but this purr-fect paint job was applied way back in  1961 when the first E-Types arrived at American Jaguar dealerships. One  such dealer thought it would be a good idea to tart up one of his stock  and park it in the showroom as a promotional gimmick. It appears <a href="http://steelworksco.blogspot.com/2009/01/jaguer.html" target="_blank">this car</a>  has been mildly restored over the years but its wild, animalistic  “skin” still looks fresh. Earning Your Stripes <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://artcar.blogspot.com/2008/01/zebra-art-cars.html" target="_blank">Artcar</a>) Staying with the animal kingdom, creatures like zebras use their  unique black & white striped coats to help them blend into the  background. Oddly, cars painted in a similar style stick out like a sore  thumb! It remains to be seen if driving a <a href="http://artcar.blogspot.com/2008/01/zebra-art-cars.html" target="_blank">car with  stripes</a> helps you find better parking spots. The Kozmic Dream Machine <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_10a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Kozmic Dream Machine is one of three – yes, three – painted art  cars conceived and executed by a <a href="http://kozmicdreams.com/" target="_blank">young  woman</a> who believes “Creating art fills me with an unsurpassable  joy. The psychedelic and surreal qualities of my work encourage the  viewer to explore other places beyond their imagination.” <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_10b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://dreamartteacher.com/art_cars.htm" target="_blank">DreamArtTeacher</a>) No arguments there, nor with our contention that if a well-worn  Pontiac 6000 could dream, it would dream kozmic. Write On! Part 1 <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_11a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Normally, taking a Sharpie to your bright, shiny new sports car would  result in a trip to the local asylum and later on, the 5th circle of  Hell. For a member of the <a href="http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=672608" target="_blank">E46Fanatics  forum</a> on the other hand, it was a quest not unlike a mission from  God. The exquisitely hand-decorated 2001 BMW  330ci shown above is the result of 12 hours of non-stop drawing,  literally “until there was no more metal to draw on.” <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_11b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/05/07/bmw-fan-turns-his-330ci-into-an-art-car/ What a tragedy, then, that about an hour after the car was deemed  complete, the <a href="http://weburbanist.com/transportation" target="_blank">car</a> was vandalized in a  restaurant parking lot and a significant portion of the art was  destroyed. Write On! Part 2 <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_12a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Some people yearn to ride in a Lamborghini, others prefer to write on  one. The <a href="http://www.automotiveaddicts.com/tag/sharpie-lamborghini" target="_blank">Sharpie  Lamborghini</a> is what happens when you combine Sharpies, Espresso and  OCD – LOTS of each –  and then pour the resulting goop all over a fresh  from the factory Lamborghini Gallardo. <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_12b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(images via: <a href="http://www.lysergid.com/blog/index.php?2008/08/21/959-lamborghini-gallardo-custom" target="_blank">Lysergid</a>  and <a href="http://www.automotiveaddicts.com/tag/sharpie-lamborghini" target="_blank">Automotive  Addicts</a>) In actuality the brilliant creation of artist <a href="http://www.ajjapourgallery.com/artist/jona_cerwinske8.html" target="_blank">Jona  Cerwinske</a>, this one-of-a-kind Lambo has definitely got the write  stuff. Car Wars <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_13a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away… in this version it’s not a  Galaxie, but a <a href="http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2009/02/22/airbrushed-star-wars-car/" target="_blank">Chevy  Cobalt</a> done up like a rolling tribute to the franchise that  launched a thousand geeks to film fandom. Although stunningly executed  and faithful to Lucasarts, er, arts, this cinematic sensation is the  ultimate babe magnet… that unfortunately happens to be set on “repulse”. <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_13b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2009/02/22/airbrushed-star-wars-car/" target="_blank">Great  White Snark</a>) In the image above you can just make out the window well from Mom’s basement. Czar Art <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2007/05/russian-car-art.html" target="_blank">Freshpics</a>) You just can’t top the Russians when it comes to <a href="http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2007/05/russian-car-art.html" target="_blank">painting  cars</a> in a, shall we say, exuberant fashion. Maybe it’s the vodka,  maybe it’s an overreaction to the lack of Soviet-style repression, who  can say? Whatever the reason, Russia rules the roost – where else  (outside of Jersey) will you find a cheetah airbrushed onto a red  Japanese sports coupe? Smart Art <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_15a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(images via: <a href="http://buckets-and-spades.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Buckets  and Spades</a> and <a href="http://paradoxoff.com/3d-drawings-on-the-pavement.html" target="_blank">Paradoxoff</a>) 3D <a href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/29/top-10-3d-graffiti-artists-in-the-world/" target="_blank">graffiti  artists</a> Manfred Stader and Edgar Müller painted the Smart Car above… well, in a matter of speaking.  They DID paint it – onto a cobblestone parking lot. <a href="http://blog.pantoffelpunk.de/tag/manfred-stader" target="_blank">Stader and Müller</a>  have done this kind of thing before, though the Smart piece may be  their most famous car-related effort. <img src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/art_cars_15b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(image via: <a href="http://blog.pantoffelpunk.de/tag/manfred-stader" target="_blank">Pantoffelpunk</a>) How do they do it? See above, at the risk of deconstructing  the illusion. They say that beauty is only skin deep and that may be the case with  most of these artfully painted cars – not that there’s anything wrong  with that, just the opposite in fact. Car art takes many shapes and  forms but painted cars exist in a rarefied realm rife with risk and  rust. Enjoy them while you can.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" />IF YOU LIKE MY POST PLSS ADD REP ++</blockquote>

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