INTRODUCTION.<\/strong><\/p>\n At the A&R we are committed to examining Lotus and motor sport in the widest possible context.<\/p>\n We feel that all the nuances and indeed the passion and beauty cannot be understood otherwise.<\/p>\n In particular we like to discuss and analyse the work of artists that have embraced Lotus.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The machines are beautiful in their own right but the drama of the race and its associated activities are natural subjects for artists.<\/p>\n Furthermore there needs to be a more critical appreciation of applied beauty and representation. Convention and price has perhaps given some braches of the fine arts a place at the top of the hierarchy; Impressionism is a prime example but some motoring artists have been equally impressionistic possibly more so as they had to capture images that passed in a split second.<\/p>\n For some motor sport and representative art is considered inferior but we will hope to challenge this and perhaps place the art in a wider social context of our times. For some the motorcar has defined the 20C<\/p>\n In the 20C most of the arts have in some way deferred to engineering, many like the Futurists and Constructivists glorified the combination of speed and technology. In architecture and the Art Deco movement there was a desire to represent the modern and its associated power and speed.<\/p>\n The Bauhaus School was committed to the improvement of industrial and commercial\u00a0\u00a0 unification of technology with craft design and manufacture.<\/p>\n Through the representation of the car in fine art we hope to explore new perspectives and offer new interpretations and understandings. Along the way it will be appropriate to touch on marketing. Equally there may be scope to cross reference with some of the more creative writing related to the motorcar. Although perhaps seen by some as travel writing HV.Moton set out to convey word pictures of his driving exploits.<\/p>\n In this regular series we will look critically at a range of artists and their styles and indeed include some technical drawing .we will look at artists from the dawn of motoring to the present day. A brief article will also touch on the techniques and materials used by those artists we are considering.<\/p>\n The A&R have had support from the guild of Motoring Artists and in due course will cover their work.<\/p>\n The Internet has an almost exhaustive source of imagery and we fully commend that our readers use this in conjunction with our articles to gain maximum enjoyment and interpretation.<\/p>\n We appreciate that art is subjective and welcome suggestions from our readers as to artists they might like to see reviewed.<\/p>\n