{"id":56823,"date":"2016-09-21T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/56823\/esther-mahlangu-refines-a-bmw-7-series\/"},"modified":"2016-09-22T09:41:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T07:41:05","slug":"esther-mahlangu-refines-a-bmw-7-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/21\/esther-mahlangu-refines-a-bmw-7-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Esther Mahlangu refines a BMW 7 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To facilitate this the specialists at BMW Individual Manufaktur oversaw the full manufacturing process.<\/p>\n<p>They developed a special white coloured fine wood trim to be painted with Esther\u2019s images before sealing them to ensure their longevity and installing them within the equally remarkable vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The one-of-a-kind automobile will be shown to the public for the first time at this year\u2019s Frieze Art Fair (5- 9 October) in Regent\u2019s Park, London.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle will be offered for silent auction. Proceeds from the sale of the vehicle will be donated to a good cause.<\/p>\n<p>The 81-year-old artist said: \u201cTo paint is in my heart and it\u2019s in my blood.<\/p>\n<p>The way I paint was taught to me by my mother and my grandmother. The images and colours have changed and I have painted on many different surfaces and objects but I still love to paint.<\/p>\n<p>The patterns I have used on the BMW parts marry tradition to the essence of BMW. When BMW sent me the panels to paint, I could see the design in my head and I just wanted to get started!<\/p>\n<p>I start by painting the small ones first to get the feel of the surface and then it was easy as the design follows the lines of the panels.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1FM4Oc1_xLg' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>My art has taken me all over the world and I have seen many places, I have painted many walls and objects and my work is in many museums but I am still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Esther-Mahlangu\/308471215884782?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Esther Mahlangu from Mpumalanga<\/a> in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>My heart was full of joy when BMW asked me again to paint for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Send a message to our SMS line 33658 or add us onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> to receive your free daily news updates.<\/p>\n<p>Also check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">Video\u2019s<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a> daily!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well known former Middelburg resident and Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu has now, for the second time, joined forces with BMW and refined a BMW 7 Series, in collaboration with the BMW Individual Manufaktur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":56824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}