You. Are. Wrong.
A bicycle can be a thing of beauty. It can be a thing of amazing skill. It can be a thing of beautiful craft. It can possess a stunning paint job.
Yet sone, or all, of those attributes does not make a bicycle a "work of art", it makes it a work of "applied art."
That said, if an Artist makes a work, which involves a bicycle, then said bicycle is indeed a "work of art".
A few examples of bicycles (and bicycle parts) that are art:
A work by the most important artist of the 20th century.
A work by the other most important artist of the 20th century Pablo Picasso.
And now some pieces by young, and very much alive Artists.
Shot at 2007-04-04
This piece by Jonathan Monk.
This piece by Simon Starling.
Get the picture?
Somehow I doubt it.
3 comments:
I get it but isn't all art "applied art" at some level? Or does applied art only reference items constucted by non artists for pratical use.
I concede the point that I may never get it and suppose that even if I did start to get it that the interpretation of getting it would shift on me.
Where's the beer?
It's about time we had a post about the infinite joys of being back stateside, no?
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