Tag: art
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Art bikes by Handsome Cycles at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
To celebrate their 100th birthday, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) teamed up with Handsome Cycles to bring some of the MIA’s most famous masterpieces to life in the form of three art-inspired bikes. According to MIA Venture Innovation Director Hunter Wright, “The MIA is excited to partner with Handsome Cycles, a company that shares the museum’s commitment…
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2012 SRAM pART PROJECT NYC to benefit World Bicycle Relief
Last November, I mentioned the SRAM pART PROJECT, a unique “bike part” art exhibition and auction to raise money for World Bicycle Relief. The inaugural 2011 project was a big success, so they are doing it again this year with almost twice as many artists participating. The original art pieces, created with SRAM parts, will…
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Bike art and books
In 2009, I reviewed the book Smart Move, which features pictures and descriptions of the 200 or so unique bikes in Michael Embacher’s collection. As an addition to Smart Move, and the later book Cyclepedia, Embacher is releasing an interactive iPad app, produced by Richard Loncraine and Patrick Uden. The app, which showcases the entire…
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SRAM pART PROJECT
SRAM’s pART PROJECT is a great idea to benefit a very worthy cause. As the SRAM website succinctly explains; “Artists transform bike parts into art. The art is auctioned off. The proceeds help people in need through World Bicycle Relief.” Well known artists were picked by Milwaukee based artist Terrence Coffman and SRAM Marketing Chief…
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Bike Snob book illustrator Chris Koelle
I am a fan of Bike Snob NYC (aka Eben Weiss), so I was pretty excited to receive a copy of his new book from the publisher a few days ago. It is a nice little book… hardbound and about 5” x 7” inches in size with full color photos and 2 color line drawings…