"BMW Art Car -Transparent Speed" Exhibition
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At Mori Arts Center Gallery
Media: Installation
The spirited architect, Jun Aoki, has produced a spatial composition for this exhibition in an attempt to give visual form to the "transparent speed" of automobiles. In the exhibition space that Aoki has created, art cars by remarkable artists such as David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein are on display. This show is a part of the worldwide exhibition "Auto-Nom-Mobile," held in 2005 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the BMW Art Car Collection. After Japan, the exhibition will tour the United States, Canada and Europe. The speed of the art cars will be visually rendered by approximately 10,000 transparent cloud-like pipes through which lights will move around and reflect off of in a diffuse manner. There are two main elements that motivated this idea of being "within the clouds": the BMW brand being originally a design and manufacturing company of aircraft engines; and the location of the site on the 52nd floor of the building). At BMW Group Studio, which opened last year as a corporate showcase for BMW Corporation, the original art car by Alexander Calder, a BMW 3.0 CSL/1975, will be on display from April 5th through May 11th (10:00-20:00, admission free), while a lounge filled with design books and monographs of artists who designed the art cars will be at the site also.
Schedule
From 2008-04-11 To 2008-06-08
Exhibition Hours: 10:00-20:00
Artist(s)
Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, A.R. Penck, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer
Website
Fee
Adults ¥1000, University and High School Students ¥800, 4 years through Junior High School Students ¥500
Venue Hours
From 10:00 To 20:00
Note:Depends on each event.
Access
To Roppongi Hills, 10 minutes walk from Roppongi station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya line, 4 minutes walk from Roppongi station on the Toei Oedo line, 5 minutes walk from Azabu Juban station on the Toei Oedo line.
Address
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (52F), 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6150
Phone: 03-5777-8600
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"BMW Art Car -Transparent Speed" Exhibition</a>
Venue: Mori Arts Center Gallery
Schedule: From 2008-04-11 To 2008-06-08
Exhibition Hours: 10:00-20:00
Address: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (52F), 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6150
Phone: 03-5777-8600
