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WASH ME - An Art Project November 02, 2009

The new book WASH ME, slated to hit retail on November 3rd, bears glossy, full-color witness to what happens when 10 different artists are each presented with a MINI to deface -- ahem!...design at will. Using special paints, a wide variety of techniques came into play to make this project, curated by MINI Switzerland, an imaginative reality.
 
 
WASH ME! - words that usually bring to mind a rusty, neglected vehicle, the classic one-liner scrawled with a hasty finger on a dusty rear-window; an act of amateurish vandalism. Just leave it to MINI to extract the creative essence from this useless tradition - the car as ephemeral canvas - and reinvent it as something thoughtful and creative. Since MINI has always been an objet d'art as well as a vehicle, it seems only fitting that it would serve here as muse and medium to 10 unique and influential artists, like Seak, Dieter Meier, Euro and Smash137, to name a few.
 
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"Muscle Car" by Marisa Pichler & Gigi Burn
You can get a sneak peak into the pages of this flashy volume in the gallery below, but nothing beats the real thing. That's why MINI Space is giving away (6 ) copies of Wash Me! Drop us an email at info(at)minispace.com with "Wash me" in the subject line if your entry is one of the first 6 you will be rewarded with your very own, glistening, gleaming, hot-off-the-presses copy of this playful and intriguing new book.
 
(There is no legal recourse. The judges' decision is final. Prizes are non refundable and non transferable.)
 
 
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Wash Me Homepage
 
Wash Me on Facebook
 
 
 
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posted by: caitlinarnould | 11/20/2009 11:22 am
 
this article is really well written
 

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