bicycle stuff - other bicycle projects
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2007
USE A BICYCLE - RAINER GANAHL - THE APPRENTICE IN THE SUN
about this show: texts by Simone Schimpf (curator); and by Rainer Ganahl
opening 3/17/07
Use a bicycle, 2006 - click image for hi res picture
neon light plexi,
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Don't steal my Mercedes Benz bicycle, 2006/07
Mercedes Bicycle, with handle bars, seat and two pedals made of bronze
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The Apprentice in the Sun - Bicycling Bucharest - video - DVD
The Apprentice in the Sun, 2006 click image for hi res picture
neon light on black plexi, 120 x 120 cm, editon of 6
The Apprentice in the Sun, 2006 click image for hi res picture
neon light on black plexi, 120 x 120 cm, editon of 6
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Google "bicycle bomb", 2006/0 (wall painting - in this case, the wall painting failed due to insufficiant wall consistency
(for me it is not any problem since computers also fail sometimes when downloading a big file - now the thress stages of production
for this wallpainting are visible: 1. application of venyl transmask stencil 2. application of black acryl paint 3 removal of mask 4 cleaning out
of the remaining venyl. The Stuttgart walls are new and had only one coat of white wall paint which came down with step 3)
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Google "bicycle bomb", 2006/07, detail - not complete)
Newspainting, Deutsche Welle, Bicycle Bomb Kills Locals, Injures German Soldier, 2/22/2006, 2006
acrylic paint on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm
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Rafinfo.de, Das Herrhausen-Attentat, 7/7/2006, 20007
220 x 180 cm.. crayon on canvas
A Bold Line - Back and Forth - Bicycling Madison Avenue, New York 2006
going 
coming back
installation view wiht Bike Helmet, chains and "handlebar" video - see below ,2006/7
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Bike bells, 2006/7
various porcellan chaines and steal loock, 1 bicycle helmet made of porcelan, and several porcelan bicycle bells., various dimeinsions
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Bicycling Flann O'Brien - "It was the grip of a handlebar - her handlebar", New York 2006 - DVD
Don't steal my Mercedes Benz bike, 2006/07
Mercedes Benz bicycle, porcelan lock, bronze lock and kryptonite bike lock
Kai Tak International Airport, HONGKONG 2005 - DVD
Don't steal my Mercedes Benz bike, 2006/07 (parked during the exhibition in downtown Stuttgart)
Mercedes Benz bicycle, bronze lock and kryptonite bike lock
Don't steal my Mercedes Benz bike, 2006/07 (parked during the exhibition in downtown Stuttgart)
Mercedes Benz bicycle, bronze lock and kryptonite bike lock
over the length of the exhibition 3 expensive new Mercedes Benz bicycles are parked throughout Stuttgart with a bronze chain and a kryptonite chain.one outside the museum
Don't steal my Mercedes Benz bike, 2006/07 (parked in downtown Stuttgart - this bike is in use by me - notice Diesels latest advertisment with 'global warming readiness')
Mercedes Benz bicycle, bronze lock and kryptonite bike lock - this bicycle is in use by the artist.
ps: references to the title
(see works is after a small drawing by Marcel Duchamps from 1914)
reference: Marcel Duchamp, Avoir l'apprenti dans le soleil - Having the apprentice in the sun, 1914 drawing -
a study for the "glass"
bicycle stuff - other bicycle projects
about this show: texts by Simone Schimpf (curator); and by Rainer Ganahl
I m thankful to the numerous assistants working on this show:
Simone Schimpf (curator); Oana Weiner, Daniel Herleth, Ulrike Buck, Carmine Castranova, Sarra Brill, Ille Yung, and Romana R. We are also thankful to Mercedes-Benz as well as the Ceramic and Bronze Ateliers of the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart.