We should see some sunshine by Saturday, so here’s your free, sad art fair alternative: a recently updated, self-guided walking tour of public art/monumnets/etc of LES, including Jeff Koons’ spin on Lucky Cheng’s genital balloonery. Even better, here are some maps of David Byrne’s winsome bike racks and NYC bike lanes. Read more »
Hats off to the city. You’ve managed to piss off David Byrne, LES’s cycle-lover, art conjurer of all forms and, arguably, eye-candy. Those minimalist-kawaii-esque bike racks we’ve been seeing around were recently almost banished by the very Department of Transportation that commissioned them in the first place, but they decided they want to be cool. So…The Villager doggie, The Chelsea chap and The Olde Time’s Square mud-flap-lady-with-perm are safe, for now, and the allowed year of designy racks is extended. Read more »
Though decorative wall calendars are pretty much obsolete, the Swiss Institute is releasing a “cutting edge” version at next week’s art world clusterf#$% in Miami. Fulfilling basic timekeeping needs, the 2010 calendar features portraits of “today’s most famous artists on their bikes,” including David Byrne, Ryan McGinley and Terry Richardson and others. Shot by photographer Lukas Wassmann, the calendar, “Artists on Their Bicycles New York,” can be bought for $45 in a limited edition of 500 or just downloaded for free.
All types of two-wheelers have taken over The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum for “Bike Rides: The Exhibition.” Curated with the assistance of musical bike advocate David Byrne, the mixed media show features working bicycles, both functional and artistic, as well as pedal-inspired pieces by Lance Armstrong, Bamboo Bike Studio, Tom Sachs, Puerto Rico Schwinn Club and Cai Guo-Qiang among others. The Ridgefield, Connecticut exhibition will remain on display through January 17 to “emphasize the diverse use and function of these man–powered machines that is present in different societies.” Read more »
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