Brighton (UK) based artist Kyle Bean, has made a set of sculptures inspired by the scientific law of conservation of  mass, which states that mass in a closed system will remain constant over time or in balance or 'matter cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed'. 
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Shi Jindian's 3D CJ750 Blueprint in steel wire at the White Rabbit Gallery
Accurate right down to the old fashioned side valves inside the engine, Shi Jindian's blue wire and fine filigree sculpture is a full scale, three dimensional blueprint – of a an astonishingly accurate rendition of a Chinese copy (Chiangjiang [Yangtze] 750) of a Russian copy (Dnepr) of a German copy (Zundapp) of a bike based on a pre-World War II BMW motorcycle with a side car. continue reading

This past Saturday Stacie London kickstarted the 68 Benelli one last time before it and “The Big Wheel” return to storage.

I spent the weekend with Tommy Mose Abbott, a long time friend/painter/artist/musician, tooling around LA checking out numerous art openings and helping him get prepared for his move to Austin, Tx. It was nice to see some good art after a long hiatus, and Saturday night was a great conclusion. Saturday was the opening reception for the Dennis Hopper Double Standard exhibition and marked the final showing of Chris Burden’s piece: The Big Wheel... continue reading

By Molly Schiot
Whenever I go to visit my father back East, I stare into the window of the Maine State Prison Showroom where everything is handmade by inmates. There are bird houses and small wooden toys but the most impressive construction sits in the window. It is a life size hand carved wooden motorcycle with a man and woman sitting on top with stone faced expressions... continue reading

Posted by: Price Latimer Agah
From June 3 - 8, I attended The Venice Biennale – The 53rd International Art Exhibition titled Making Worlds. The Venice Biennale was born through a resolution by the City Council of Venice in 1893 to found a "biennial national artistic exhibition"; the first Biennale was actually held in 1895... continue reading

New York-based artist Aaron Young is best known for his vast September 2007 spectacle of an art installation ‘Greeting Card’, where Young used his loudest brushes to date and orchestrated motorcyclists to burnout over painted wooden panels in the Park Avenue Armory... continue reading

Giacomo Balla, Shape Noise Motorcyclist, 1913, Tempera on Paper
Posted by: Price Latimer Agah

I figured that a good place to start with an art blog related to motorcycles is the past. The history of art has been intrinsically linked to technology since the dawn of time, but one movement in particular really stands out when it comes to artists’ dedication to speed, noise, machines, youth, violence and industrialness in general: Futurism... continue reading