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    Cars as canvas at Miami Art Basel

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    Fleme Varkey

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    On first glance it looks more like children were given dollops of paint and asked to go crazy on the canvas. The result was splotches of bright yellow, red, blue and orange paint splayed onto a canvas. The only difference was that this canvas was worth more than $100,000. It was a brand new Maserati . 

    More than painting this was a meet up of graffiti artists who got to show off their talents on really expensive canvases like Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Ferraris and Maseratis. 

    For the uninitiated, Art Basel is a display of the most noted modern and contemporary artists from around the world, the event is held three times a year in three locations, Miami, Basel and Hong Kong, each signifying a geographic hot spot for intellectual exchange. 

    In Miami Beach from December 4-7, artists Rich B. Caliente, Alex Mijares, Alec Monopoly, Mr. Brainwash and more worked on these automobile canvases. 

     

    Rich B. Caliente is a prolific automotive design artist known for his unique approach to automotive design and has lent his creativity to making some of the finest automotive masterpieces museum-worthy. For Art Basel this year, his inspiration was the Lamborghini Huracan, to which he applied a black skullz edition wrap, subtle red accents, glossed vents and Vossen wheels, and as a finishing touch, added his signature in white.

     

     

    Miami-based artist Alex Mijares has previously worked on  stained glass, and his art finds its way on  canvas, instruments, shoes, rifles and exotic cars. A yellow Aventador, provided by Elite Lifestyles, received the Mijares treatment for Art Basel this year, turning it into a gallery-worthy exotic with matching calipers.

     

     

    Alec Monopoly brought along the Monopoly car fleet, which includes a Ferrari, a Mercedes-Benz, a Bentley, a Lamborghin and a bus.

     

    As part of Pininfarina’s celebration of their entry to the American market collaboration with Lou La Vie, Mr. Brainwash took to Lou La Vie’s showroom with a new Maserati and made it his own. Through a Pollock-inspired paint splatter process, he held a live splash painting of the car, dripping neon colours across the opalescent white paint job and leaving streaks on the floor and wall behind them.

    Watching these artists in action should have been a treat, but if you liked any of these works, do let us know in the comments section. In fact, Paris Hilton made a stop at Art Basel and that too in a Pink Corvette! We have got that covered for you as well. 

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