The art of the motorcycle
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum1998
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Beginning with a preface by Guggenheim director Thomas Krens, who calls the motorcycle 'a quintessential symbol of the insecurity and optimism of our time'. It provides a hefty compendium of motorcycle history, culture, design, and science.
Main title:
The art of the motorcycle / by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Author:
Imprint:
New York Guggenheim Museum 1998
Collation:
427 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
Issues in the evolution of the motorcycle / by Charles M. Falco - Cycles of paradox / by Mark Taylor and Jose Marquez - Song of the sausage creature / by Hunter S. Thompson - The art of the motorcycle: outlaws, animals, and sex machines / by Ted Polhemus - Bikes were always work for me / by Dennis Hopper - Freedom or death: notes on the motorcycle in film and video / by Art Simon - Bosozoku (motorcycle gangs) / by Ikuya Sato - To the edge: motorcycles and danger / by Melissa Hoibrook Pierson - Inventing the motorcycle: 1868-1919 / by Vanessa Rocco - The machine age: 1922-1929 / by Matthew Drutt - New world orders: 1930-1944 / by Matthew Drutt - Freedom and postwar mobility: 1946-1958 / by Greg Jordan - Popular culture/counterculture: 1960-1969 / by Greg Jordan - Getting away from it all: 1969-1978 / by Sarah Botts - The consumer years: 1982-1989 / by Sarah Botts - Retro/revolutionary: 1993-1998 / by Ultan Guiltoyle - Bibliography / by Charles M. Falco - Bibloography - Published in conjunction with the exhibition: The art of the motorcycle, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, June 26-September 12, 1998. The exhibition was made possible by BMW.
ISBN:
0810969122 (hbk 0892072075 pbk)
Dewey class:
Q629.2275 ART
Local class:
629.2275
Language:
English
BRN:
124434
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Penrith Gallery | 629.2275ART | Not for loan (Set: 06 Feb 2016)LE (Set: 06 Feb 2016) |