The Motorcycle DESIGN, ART AND DESIRE
Half way across the world, a queue is snaking outside the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Australia. The long line is comprised of avid motorcycle fans, eager to gawp at the dozens of machines on display which together illustrate the fascinating evolution of motorcycle design.
The exhibition – entitled The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire – bears all the hallmarks of a contemporary art display: artworks (in this case motorcycles) are generously spaced-out and mounted on slick white plinths and accompanied by perspex-cased text panels. We are thus reminded that our beloved two-wheelers are not only technologically impressive but also beautiful works of art in their own right. It’s no wonder that the exhibition has received rave reviews.
And fortunately, we don’t have to travel 9526 miles to experience The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire either: art publisher Phaidon have saved us that job by producing an accompanying book of the same name. Its authors – Charles Falco and
