The BBC reports that controversial artist Damien Hirst has been commissioned to paint the body of a Jaguar Formula One car. According to the report, the motor racing team has given the artist a totally paint-free Grand Prix vehicle to cover with his own design for an exhibition.
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The car will be finalised by early summer and will be featured in an exhibition, although it won’t be raced.
Jaguar spokesman Nav Sidhu told BBC News Online: “This is a first for a Formula One car, Jaguar and Damien Hirst. The three parts have come together and he agreed to do the project quite recently.
“All the paint has been taken off a Formula One car and he has been given it as a blank sheet.”
Hirst is following in the footsteps of artist Andy Warhol, who hand-painted a BMW in the early 1980s.
The artist rose to fame in the 1990s by displaying animals – including sheep, cows, fish and a shark – sometimes dissected and pickled in formaldehyde.
