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    2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    12/29/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    oooOOOoooo, aaaaahhhhh, meh
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    12/29/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    the BMW art car at LeMons was cooler
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    Now do it with rubber, instead.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    Sadly, when my [black] car was less than a month old, some asswipe housepainter dumped a five-gallon bucket of white paint on the road just in front of me (fell off the back of his truck). On a hot July day in Northridge, as it happens.


    The other cars and I made a similar, if monochromatic, 'work of art' for a good block up Winnetka Ave. Luckily, Latex housepaint removes fairly completely, tho' it's a labor-intensive process.

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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    i guess I'm not highbrow enough. It works for me.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    Needs more green to be lets say.. greener.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    nice gimmick but it ain't art.
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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    So very very dumb. It doesn't take talent to drive a car with paint on its wheels and make a random, bad spirograph design.


    The only talent displayed here was in the pitch that these two 'artists' must have made to BMW marketing to get them to go along with this.

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    Image of Matthew Desrosiers Matthew Desrosiers
    12/27/08

    @Almostbanned: I'm going to have to agree with you. I mean, it's a neat concept, but it's really not "art" to me. There doesn't seem to be any plan, or pattern to the swirls or anything, they just drove around aimlessly with paint. This is sort of if I took two paintbrushes, closed my eyes and went nuts on a canvas. It's paint, but it's not art.
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    Image of gdfowler gdfowler
    12/27/08

    @Matthew Desrosiers: @Almostbanned:
    I would like to challenge both of you to take a spirograph and create an illustration that has pure randomness. It will have no symmetries; it will have no concentricity, no parallelisms; no repeating patterns and will direct your attention to no prevailing theme. It will have 4 colors or more. And ultimately it will be equally balanced and equally 'random' all over.


    You will find that randomness of this type is not an accident and it takes a considerable amount of planning and thought to pull off believably much less aesthetically. It is as difficult as creating the smooth and beautiful symmetries we find in the bodywork of a well designed car.


    Look, I'm no art snob. But I appreciate this and the effort and planning it took. So, ultimately, having you say it is 'random' is probably more of a compliment to the artist than you think.

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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    12/28/08

    @gdfowler: Ok, maybe spirograph was the wrong comparison to make. But this is bullshit.


    I work in a prominent design studio, and my group was on the cover of International Design magazine a few months ago. So I know a thing or two about this stuff, from a professional standpoint.


    Sure, they put a bit of thought into it, but the result is an oversized novelty, not any kind of meaningful design. Creative? Probably, but certainly not art, and nothing which requires artistic talent.

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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    12/28/08

    @Almostbanned: "..Creative? Probably, but certainly not art, and nothing which requires artistic talent..."


    Design and performance art are somewhat different animals.

    I think I agree with Andy Warhol on this one:

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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    oh sure, but when I do it, it's graffiti.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    So if I call Chevy and say I'm working on a performance piece called "Corvette Colors," will they send me a new Vette and buy me some paint?


    I'm sorry, but this is just another pointless yet pretentious bit of marketing from BMW.


    The painting elephant does better work.

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    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    12/27/08

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    Spirograph!
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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    12/27/08

    @MarywithChristmasisoyesterday: There are many ways to use gearing systems to make your art. I kinda like them all too.
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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    Wow. Strangely compelling.
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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    12/27/08

    In reply to 2010 BMW Z4 Plays With Paint In Massive Art Piece
    Cool...
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