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velofinds
02-26-2016, 02:19 PM
At the office, we have art installations on loan that rotate through the halls periodically, and the latest piece to be displayed on one of the walls is this fellow:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1585/24983803610_d4cd0df386_c.jpg

Rightly or wrongly, elements of the piece remind me of something I might find on a Pegoretti.

Viewing it from the side:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1526/24648776924_d2f11562d5_c.jpg

"1990s Klein mountain bike" comes to mind.

Thinking about this "art-imitates-bike" or "bike-imitates-art" theme more broadly, the Look 753 is obviously the granddaddy:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c1/9e/a1/c19ea15ae57bfa01169ac8d81068d51a.jpg

http://www.piet-mondrian.org/images/paintings/composition-c.jpg

And numerous bikes have used splatter paint, I'm sure (though I'm unsure which bike owns that associated the closest).

http://landlordscycling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/096.jpg

http://www.dailyartfixx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Number-1-Jackson-Pollock-1949.jpg

Any others that folks would like to propose?

Keith A
02-26-2016, 05:15 PM
Always liked that "Look".

weisan
02-26-2016, 06:07 PM
(A non-biking art enthusiastic): "hmmm, I wonder what this is?";)
http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/03/2015-NAHBS-Road-26-659x440.jpg