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For her 'Art Car,' artist Julie Mehretu "remixed" one of her most famous paintings to adorn a BMW M Hybrid V8 race car in frenetic form.

Even the kidneys of the car inhaled the painting,” Mehretu explained. Her art car is one of two M Hybrid V8s that BMW will enter in the 2024 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He encouraged her to use her skills to create car art, and she began to experiment. Her first painting depicted an orange GMC truck . It was “so ugly,” she says, and she has wanted to get rid ...

With her design, Mehretu fused industrial design objects, creating a “performative painting” on the mobile work of art. The car will race at Le Mans, the 24-hour endurance motorsport race in June.

For her 'Art Car,' artist Julie Mehretu "remixed" one of her most famous paintings to adorn a BMW M Hybrid V8 race car in frenetic form.

For the commission, which marks the 20th BMW Art Car, Mehretu chose to adapt one of her most famous works: The painting “Everywhen,” which is now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art ...