Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

30 August 2009

Portland, OR: second lives

Welded gate at River City... painted matte black and reminiscent of a Louise Nevelson assembly


Rims and spokes out front of Little Edie's Five & Dime

Mobile and fork tree at the Community Cycling Center

11 August 2009

forever bicycles

Founded in 1940, Shanghai Forever Co., Ltd. is a China state-run factory and heritage brand. Their bicycles are significant in Chinese history having been the most popular throughout 4 generations in China.

Ai Wei Wei, the Chinese artist/social activist/provocateur, deconstructed the "Forever" bicycle to create...

an installation from 2003



thousands of cut-up pieces of bike frames for a recent installation

photos via The New Order Magazine

17 July 2009

summer sun

A cyclist's summer is a season of farmer tan lines - but perhaps there is room for innovation with our skin tight outfits...


Top: Dennis Oppenheim's performance "Reading Position for Second Degree Sunburn" from 1970 at Jones Beach, NY which required: a book, skin, solar energy, 5 hours of exposure.
Middle: body drawings via izismile
Bottom: (literally) via notcouture

14 July 2009

tiny accessory

A messenger boy and bike the size of a few grains of rice! Handmade in Australia and available on Etsy.

Thanks, Scully.
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