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marzo 08, 2016 - BMW

BMW is partner of Art Basel in Hong Kong. Multimedia walk with BMW Art Journey winner Samson Young and presentation of Frank Stella’s BMW Art Car

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Since its launch in #hongkong in 2013, the #artbasel show has established itself as the centre of Asia’s international art scene. This year, 239 leading galleries will once more display works by over 4,000 artists at the #hongkong Convention and Exhibition Centre in the heart of the city from March 24 to 26 BMW has supported #artbasel in #hongkong from the beginning as an official partner and is again providing the VIP shuttle service. 

The #bmwartcar created by US artist #frankstella will also be presented at the exhibition centre in the #bmw Lounge. As second “rolling sculpture” in the collection, Stella’s #bmw Art Car celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, being designed in 1976 – just a year after Alexander Calder had created the series’ founding model. Stella drew inspiration from the technology and engineering behind the car and cloaked the body in a design recalling oversized graph paper. “My design is like a blueprint transferred onto the bodywork,” the artist explained. The 17 cars in the legendary collection continue to fascinate both art and design enthusiasts as well as car and technology fans the world over. 

Together with #artbasel, #bmw launched a new initiative to support young emerging artists: the #bmw Art Journey. The winner of the first journey, #hongkong based artist #samsonyoung, will present an interactive multimedia walk entitled “So You Are Old by the Time You Reach the Island” at the #artbasel show. As part of this tour – adding a new chapter to his #bmw Art Journey project “For Whom the Bell Tolls: A Journey Into the Sonic History of Conflict” – the artist will lead participants outside the exhibition centre and into the Wan Chai and Admiralty districts of #hongkong to explore well known and more undiscovered parts of the city. Equipped with a portable media player, each member of the group will be able to experience sound recordings from Young’s travels across eleven countries on five contents, as well as newly produced films and live performances. 

This year once again, international experts will gather at the #artbasel show to select ashortlist of three artists from the Discoveries sector for the #bmw Art Journey. Members of the jury are Richard Armstrong, Director Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Claire Hsu, Director Asia Art Archive, #hongkong; Matthias Mühling, Director Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich; Bose Krishnamachari, President Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India; and Pauline J. Yao, Curator, Visual Art M+, #hongkong. The three artists who will then be invited to submit their proposals for a journey will be presented to the media in the #bmw Lounge at 4:00 PM on March 23, 2016. That evening, #bmw will host an exclusive VIP cocktail reception to celebrate the announcement of the #bmw Art Journey shortlist. 

Next to #artbasel in #hongkong, #bmw also supports the international #artbasel shows in Basel and Miami Beach as a long-term partner. 


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