An icon of modern American life, the automobile sparks strong cultural associations, from freedom, progress, mobility and speed to adventure, danger and even decay. Revved Up: Cars in Art, opening concurrently with Dream Cars: Innovative Designs, Visionary Ideas, will feature 17 works from the IMA’s collection that show how cars have fired the imagination of artists since their invention.

Image: Ingrid Calame (American, b. 1965), From #258 Drawing (Tracings from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the L.A. River), 2007, enamel paint on aluminum, 71 x 119 x 1-1/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Carmen & Mark Holeman Contemporary Fund, 2008.3 © Ingrid Calame