Hubby trying to decide which bike he wants to take off the exhibit for a spin.
The city of Austin has an Ai Wei Wei sculpture on view. https://www.wallercreek.org/event/ai-weiweis-forever-bicycles/ Having been on the 365 project for some time now, this to me looked like a real life ICM photograph!
Info on the art piece:
This sculpture takes as its subject the Forever brand bicycle, once ubiquitous on the streets of Beijing. A means of not only transportation but also social mobility and a coveted luxury item when the artist was growing up in China. In contemporary times the Forever bicycle has given way to aspirations of car ownership. Given this context, the installation here imparts poignant commentary through 1,200 of these nostalgic objects assembled into a gorgeous, dizzying sculpture, whose wheels are now frozen in perpetual cycle.
