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Also, here is a picture of Andy Warhol painting a BMW. This was the fourth BMW Art Car, called "M1 by Andy Warhol" and it was created in 1977 by Andy who, unlike the previous artists, worked directly on the full-scale vehicle and painted the car himself. 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." This is what the car looked like after Warhol had painted on it:
You can read about the Art Car Collection, including artists such as Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein and Jenny Holzer here. Olafur Eliasson is the 2006 artist.