Cycling Stamps
Stamps are little works of art and while I’m not a collector (there was a brief flirtation with philately as a child but enthusiasm waned once I had a collection … Continue reading
Classic ‘Race’ Posters
I love old cycling posters. They capture something that seems missing in today’s multimedia always online world. Perhaps its because they portray a past that didn’t really exist, a golden … Continue reading
Women in Cycling Advertising: Part 2 – It’s all about the bike / jersey / shorts …
In part 1 I looked at how women have been used as advertising tools through representations that played on their sexuality to sell products to men, or that were wide of the mark if the … Continue reading
Bicycles in Art: Ai Weiwei’s Bicycle Sculptures
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been using bicycles for the raw material of installation art pieces since ‘Very Yao’ in 2008. Subsequent years have seen the scale of his works … Continue reading
Bicycles Imitating Art?: The Royal Flying Corps “Bicycle Wheel” Telescope Stand, 1918
In a previous post, I wrote about Marcel Duchamp’s first ‘readymade’, the “Bicycle Wheel”, which he created in 1913. Five years later 2nd Lt David McLellan photographed an uncannily similar … Continue reading
Watercarriers
Every time I leave and enter my home I pass my copy of the limited print edition of this painting by Pat Cleary which hangs in my hallway along with … Continue reading
Bicycles in Art: “Bicycle Wheel” by Marcel Duchamp
Bicycle Wheel by Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was created in 1913 by mounting a bicycle wheel and fork on a stool painted white. The version at the Museum of Modern Art, … Continue reading
‘Well, it doesn’t come up to the poster’
‘What poster?’ asked Harris. ‘The poster advertising this particular brand of cycle,’ explained George. ‘I was looking at one on a hoarding in Sloane Street only a day or two … Continue reading
Cycling History 