Check this Art Bike out!High profiled artist Damien Hirst and Tour de France winner Lance Amstrong both have a fairly good sense of putting themselves in the spotlight. This time they do it together.
Damien Hirst has decorated one of Lance Amstrong's Tour de France bikes. The bike is covered with butterflies and will be used for the final stages of the race... lets hope the butterflies make Amstrong fly. Art no doubt works in mysterious ways.
I just can't help but feeling that Hirst's art ones again is a bit to airy and focused on anyting but art. Even though Hirst made a gift of the design to promote Amstrong's cancer charity Livestrong it doesn't take Einstein to figure out how much money this bike will be worth when/if Amstrong wins the Tour de France once again.
I endorse all initiatives that take art out of the Museums and bring it to life in the real world. It just shouldn't be at the expense of art. It should enrich it.
I would recommend visiting Venice Biennale this summer for some serious art!
Art Regards
Birgitte
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