Monday, 12:33pm
1 November 2010
Graphic cycle
An exhibition of artwork that takes the bicycle as its visual muse
The Art of Cycling, a new exhibition of bike-themed artwork, opened today at London’s Frameless Gallery. Artist/designer James Straffon created the work, adopting a ‘pop art approach to capturing the multi-faceted legacy of the bike’.
In 2006 Straffon founded NÖ Endeavour , an online journal of cycling stories, commentary and photography, and has written for - and submitted artwork to - cycling magazine The Ride.
In the new issue of Eye, I spoke to The Ride, and three other cycling publications, about designers’ love for bicycles (see ‘Two Wheels Good’). Andrew Diprose, who designs The Ride, commented: ‘Designers are tied up with craft; bikes are such a feast from fabrication to decoration’. The Art of Cycling, open until this Sunday, offers another snapshot of the bicycle as visual muse.
1 > 7 November 2010
The Art of Cycling
Frameless Gallery
20 Clerkenwell Green
London, EC1R 0DP
www.framelessgallery.com
www.no-gallery.co.uk
Eye magazine is available from all good design bookshops and at the online Eye shop, where you can order subscriptions, single issues and back issues. The Autumn issue, Eye 77, is on its way to subscribers worldwide – see Eye Before You Buy on Issuu for a taste of its contents.
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