Wednesday, December 12, 2007

What Is An Art Car?

Let Wikipedia.com, a reputable source of the different things you want to know about including cars, movie characters, world history, film history and many more, answer the inquiry. According to the source, an art car is a vehicle that has been modified, revamped and retuned to fit the personal choice of the owner. It is also an expression of art. Car artists usually drive their artworks and some are used in movies and television shows. These designers of art cars are sometimes called “Cartists”. You can usually see these cars in the streets displaying their very unique designs and upgrades. “Art cars and car artists come from all walks of life, uphold a wide range of personal philosophies and beliefs and come from all political groups,” the source said.

The aspect of putting art into the vehicles has no standards. There is no specific source, no specific reference but purely the imagination of the cartist that has been translated to designs and arts seen on the cars. There is no bad or good with this particular genre. Most of these designed cars are seen in movies especially in cartoons and other kid shows. These art cars are usually colorful that you would easily identify the car is owned by a cartist.

These cartists did not go through specific training. The designs you see in the cars are all self thought and self founded. Mainstream cartists are easily identified because the designs they made are closer to the designs made by automakers. These cartists are doing designs that actually give the car a different identity.

Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol are just two among the well known car artists of the world. You can see their works in the BMW V12 LMR which unfortunately does not wear Acura CL headers.

Posted by butthead at 02:06:35
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