Mehretu's commissioned artwork will be worn by the BMW M Hybrid V-8 racer during this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
Mehretu's commissioned artwork will be worn by the BMW M Hybrid V-8 racer during this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans race.Back in 2018, artist Julie Mehretu was unanimously selected by a jury of high-ranking representatives of the international art world to design thelater this year.
“In the studio, where I had the model of the BMW M Hybrid V-8, I was just sitting in front of the the painting and I thought: What would happen, if this car seemed to go through that painting and becomes affected by it?” Julie Mehretu says. “The idea was to make a remix, a mash-up of the painting. I kept seeing that painting kind of dripping into the car. Even the kidneys of the car inhaled the painting.
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