I'm not continuing on the first here, this is more about the *real* art cars, the ones created by BMW for years in the 70s and 80s especially. If you've never seen them, these are BMW street and race vehicles, given their own special twist by artists like Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstien, David Hockney, and many others. No alterations to the bodywork, except for those perpetrated by BMW designers, such as on the "Batmobile" 3.0CSLs, but some righteous paint work. Worth a Google, definitely.

On another subject, The Wall Street Journal reported on the public uproar surrounding the Blue Mustang sculpture, by artist Luis Jimenez. The sculpture, which is on permanent display at Denver International Airport is being criticized for the fact that the portrayed mustang stallion is rearing up, and gazing at you with orangey, glowing, almost possessed-looking eyes. And, of course, it's blue, making it all the more surreal. Add to all this the fact that the sculpture stands 32 feet high, and the net effect, I could probably surmise myself, is more than a little terrifying. Although I ask myself if it's any more terrifying than the Joe Louis fist sculpture that stands on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, just as you come out onto the American side of the Detroit-Windsor tunnel. Yeah, welcome to America, motherf**er. None the less, I still believe in freedom of expression, artistic included. Just don't figure there's never going to be any critics.