Image: Jarbas Lopes, One bike from AERIALBIKEWAY (Cicolviaerea) series, 2001-07
'Bike Rides' will explore the increasing relevance of bicycles in contemporary art and culture.
As worldwide trends point to bike riding as a serious and sustainable means of transportation that is currently reshaping cities, the public’s fascination with bicycles is growing. Avid bike riders, amateur bike aficionados, recreational bikers, artists, cutting-edge designers, and the community at large are all reconsidering bicycles through their personal point of view: their own ideal bike.
'Bike Rides' is a multidisciplinary exhibition that will feature customized bikes— bikes that have been re-appropriated by artists, enthusiasts, and designers to represent different identities and serve new and distinct functions. The works in the exhibition will range from Illusion of Childhood of Cai Guo-Qiang to the sound system speaker-adorned Pimp My Piragua of Miguel Luciano to the latest customized bike of professional rider Lance Armstrong. The exhibition will also feature artworks by well-known international artists such as Tom Sachs and Guy Ben-Ner, in addition to emerging artists such as Jonathan Brand, Jarbas Lopes, and the collaborative FUTURE SHOCK. All these works emphasize the diverse use and function of bicycles that is present in different societies. The exhibition will include innovative and technologically advanced American customized bikes with examples from builders such as Trek, Seven Cycles, and Parlee Cycles.
Exhibition from September 26 2009 to January 3 2010
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA
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