Ai Weiwei bicycle art
01-22-20, 11:01 AM
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Ai Weiwei bicycle art
This is or was in Rio.
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Fork looks bent.
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01-22-20, 07:39 PM
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The sculpture is called "Forever Bicycles". There have been installations in a bunch of places including Austin, London, Melbourne, Edmonton, Toronto and Taipei.
It's kinda hypnotic, isn't it? I've only seen the pictures but I would love to stand under it.
Imagine how many spokes that is!
It's kinda hypnotic, isn't it? I've only seen the pictures but I would love to stand under it.
Imagine how many spokes that is!
01-23-20, 07:17 PM
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olds'cool...somebody up-thread pointed out the artist is currently a UK resident...
The piles of bikes are from the Peoples Republic of China. The piles were/are the result of radically over-zealous businesses that jumped on the public-bike-share bandwagon...and then found the market
"saturated" , to understate the situation.
The piles of bikes are from the Peoples Republic of China. The piles were/are the result of radically over-zealous businesses that jumped on the public-bike-share bandwagon...and then found the market
"saturated" , to understate the situation.
