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Bicycle chain on radiator
Mixed media, 2009
The artist explores themes of interconnectedness, detachment and warmth.
January 22nd, 2009
Bicycle chain on radiator (2009)
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11 Responses to “Bicycle chain on radiator (2009)”
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Scott Gunn says:
There is also a clear theme of irony, if not outright insolence in this piece. This is, after all, “The Cartoon Blog.” And yet this is not a cartoon.
SG
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:17 pm -
TimT says:
The composition is astounding: slyly, almost seductively, the bicycle chain drapes itself over the radiator, tempting us. It’s face (if it had a face) seems to tease us, it’s eyes (if it had eyes) seem to beckon us, it’s lips (if it had lips) seem to open in a pout. The radiator, meantime, is stoic, a symbol of radiatorness and immovability. It is, finally, fundamentally, *there*.
This work can also be read as an allegory on the middle east.
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Russ says:
Interesting. To me it’s a prophetic statement on the centrality of the bicycle in combatting global warming. The inherent idea that naturally generated power (eg our legs using a chain to power a bike) is the best complement to the created order, rather than smog-belching industrial stuff that wrecks the environment.
Or something.
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Hugh says:
And all I thought was “It must be a very worn chain to be twisted sideways so much.” Did I miss something?
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Youthblog says:
I clicked on the links but they don’t work
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Chris Clark says:
And can it be ….my chains fell off..
.I felt my heart strangely warmed…
Dave have you become a Methodist?
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dennisthemennis says:
It is alas the missing links scholars have been searching for its probably because they were inCOGnito, however they do radiate a kind of chain reaction when it comes to their real purpose.
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David Keen says:
The chain has three separate ends, and yet is one chain. It is at the beginning of the radiator, or perhaps at its end. Or both. We only see in part -some of the chain is behind the radiator, but we don’t know how much.
But the most important question, has it signed the Jerusalem Declaration? If not, I want nothing more to do with it.
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TimT says:
Another profound question might be asked as well – what has happened to the rest of the bike?
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Mark Bennet says:
The natural focus of this piece is on the chain. But notice how the study of the radiator, with its authentically chipped paintwork and staining is itself a masterpiece of domestic observation. The chain is merely unusual, the radiator a work of genius.
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Tepidus says:
Please start a conceptual art blog. Please.