American artist Jeff Koons has, as soon as once more, partnered with BMW to create a novel artwork automotive that can be became a manufacturing mannequin. The work premiered this week at Frieze Los Angeles.
The BMW 8 X Jeff Koons begins life as a BMW 8 Sequence Gran Coupe that mixes daring colours with hanging graphic design harking back to the model utilized in comedian books. The blue colours have been chosen to characterize the vastness of area. The traces of shade on the rear pay homage to the artist's 2010 BMW Artwork Automobile, an E92 M3 GT2 that was raced on the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
BMW's paint course of for the automotive requires 11 phases and a number of other hundred hours per automobile to finish.
Its cabin is upholstered in effective leather-based and options "The 8 X Jeff Koons" badging on the cupholder lid. Seats have pink and blue hues, taking inspiration from the automaker's M efficiency division.
The outside and inside liveries are utterly unique to this particular version.
"My version of the BMW 8 Sequence Gran Coupe is a dream come true. It's utterly distinctive, very particular to me and I've wished to create a particular version BMW for a very long time," mentioned Jeff Koons. "What issues is how we relate to one another and our consciousness of every part we're surrounded by. This precept drove my artistic imaginative and prescient for The 8 X Jeff Koons, and it is an thrilling subsequent chapter of co-creation with BMW."
Two automobiles can be produced every week by specialised groups at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing and BMW Group Plant Landshut. Every completed automobile comes with a large-format certificates of authenticity containing its distinctive automobile identification quantity (VIN), personally signed by Jeff Koons and BMW Chairman and CEO Oliver Zipse.
BMW will solely supply the automotive in an M850i xDrive Gran Coupe configuration. Its price ticket is $350,000 plus a $995 vacation spot and supply charge. Simply 99 can be made.
The 8 X Jeff Koons is offered for pre-order on the BMW web site.
Subsequent month, the show mannequin strikes to Rockefeller Plaza in New York Metropolis, the place will probably be on public show from April 1 to 4. On April 4, the automobile can be auctioned off by Christie's with all proceeds from the automobile's public sale value donated to The Worldwide Centre for Lacking & Exploited Youngsters (ICMEC), a charity Koons has been personally concerned with for 20 years.
Following that, it travels to Europe, Asia and the Center East for occasions that embrace the sixteenth Istanbul Modern, Paris Photograph, the Goodwood Pageant of Pace, Artwork Dubai, West Bund Artwork & Design Honest Shanghai and Artwork Basel Hong Kong.
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