Bike Art

rjsterry
rjsterry Posts: 29,408
edited November 2010 in Commuting chat
Not a rehash of the argument over whether bikes can be art or not, but a place to post bike related art. Paintings, posters, sculpture, good, bad - whatever catches your eye.

To start

mwm_Bike_Illo_4bzoom.jpg

Found along with others here
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite

Part of the anti-growth coalition

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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,408
    The Futurists were quite hot on the dynamism and machine aesthetic of bicycles,

    cyclist.jpeg
    The Dynamism of a Cyclist by Umberto Boccioni, 1913
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    I saw this the other week in the Barcelona Museum of Art. I think it is great (evil sprocket though :lol: ). The matching car pic is cool as well (the artist, Ramon Casas, was the first resident of Barcelona to have a car)

    casas-y-romeu-en-tandem-1897.jpg

    rcpr.gif
    Faster than a tent.......
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Fancy track-standing may harm your health...(found this under rjsterry's link in the OP - it caught my eye)

    a19bb_11.jpg
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,408
    Whilst looking for that futurist picture, I came across some late 19th/early 20th cnetury French Bicycle posters. Errrm.... fair to say that the likes of Trek, Giant, et al have slightly different advertising these days

    Oh my! :shock:
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    Work of art you can sit on !
    bike_furniture_21.jpg
    Giant XTC Pro-Carbon
    Cove Hustler
    Planet X Pro-Carbon
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,408
    This one caught my eye

    blue-and-red-andyellow-man-dilecta-p179w250.jpg

    By G. Favre
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    If this doesn't qualify as bike art, I don't know what does.19910616.gif
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Like it. No sign of Calvin or Hobbes though. I used to love that cartoon.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    girl_on_bike_1.jpg

    I love a well taken photograph; This image epitomises the spirit of summer and a "freedom" little seen in this age....

    *I am be full of sh1t!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,408
    Second thoughts on that earlier post Mr Lusso?
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    rjsterry wrote:
    Second thoughts on that earlier post Mr Lusso?

    Couldn't think of anything "arty" to say about it.....more coffee and less work required.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,408
    I was going to say, "it might be art, but I can't see, because that woman's bum is in the way"
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • re-cycles
    re-cycles Posts: 107
    Check out the guys at Artcrank, a great collection of bike related art....
    http://www.artcrank.com/
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,408
    There's a nice selection of posters here
    including this
    Bike28.jpg
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition

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