{"id":208729,"date":"2025-10-18T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208729\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:34:08","slug":"solihull-showcases-car-blueprints-turned-into-contemporary-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208729\/","title":{"rendered":"Solihull showcases car blueprints turned into contemporary art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The rare blueprints, which also include Leyland and MG models, were collected from the museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, about two decades ago by British Motor Heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They were kept in a basic storage facility and over time began to rot and degrade, with many ready to be thrown away and shredded until the unit was reopened and the company set about preserving them, Ms Lightfoot said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reullier, an industrial artist who has worked with aerospace firms, became aware that they may be lost and was allowed to retrieve what he could to use in his art and collaborate with the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s combining his artwork with the history of the Midlands motor industry and now people can own that,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former graffiti artist and French aircraft mechanic has added bold patterns and colours around the prints with his signature black-and-white motifs, according to the gallery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve worked with the history and spent countless hours researching stories,&#8221; Reullier said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s an honour to collaborate with British Motor Heritage and contribute my artistic vision to their legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m inspired by the chance to push the boundaries of automotive design and create something unique that resonates with all audiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rare blueprints, which also include Leyland and MG models, were collected from the museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-208729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}