Tuesday, October 22, 2013

"Forever Bicycles, 2013"

Ai Weiwei has had a large presence in Toronto this summer and fall with his Zodiac heads installed at  City Hall for the summer and his show at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) through the same time period. For our Nuit Blanche at the beginning of October, his large piece called "Forever Bicycles, 2013" was installed in the square at City Hall and will remaon until Oct 27. It is a 3-D structure consisting of 3,144 bicycles arranged in a wonderful pattern to create an "abstract sculpture representing the rapidly changing environment in China and around the globe". It's very cool to see the patterns created. This is just a small section. I'll be showing more Weiwei this week. 

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19 comments:

  1. SharonOctober 22, 2013 at 9:16 AM

    Wow, this is amazing. I'd love to see it in person.

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  2. Billy Blue EyesOctober 22, 2013 at 9:52 AM

    Ow that would give you a headache and make your eyes go funny lookin at it.

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  3. KarenOctober 22, 2013 at 10:26 AM

    Thats' awesome!

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  4. TexWisGirlOctober 22, 2013 at 10:45 AM

    VERY cool!

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  5. ArtandArchitecture-SF.comOctober 22, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    I read all about this in the NYT and was once again so jealous that your fabulous town has this exhibition. It is amazing.

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  6. PerthDailyPhotoOctober 22, 2013 at 12:20 PM

    Oh that is mega cool Pat.. I do so admire the artistic imagination!

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  7. Mike@Bit About BritainOctober 22, 2013 at 1:05 PM

    Good grief!!

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  8. LOLfromPasaOctober 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM

    I am so glad I clicked on the CDP thumbnail. Terrific shot.

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  9. Kay L. DaviesOctober 22, 2013 at 2:48 PM

    This is gorgeous! What kind of wonderful imagination does it take to think of making sculpture out of bicycles? Amazing.
    K

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  10. LowellOctober 22, 2013 at 7:08 PM

    That makes my head spin! What an imagination!

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  11. William KendallOctober 22, 2013 at 7:16 PM

    It's astonishing!

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  12. Chattahoochee Valley DailyOctober 22, 2013 at 7:29 PM

    Cool.

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  13. GringoOctober 23, 2013 at 3:03 AM

    Great shot Pat!

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  14. Laura. MOctober 23, 2013 at 4:09 AM

    Impressive!
    My son rides a bike a lot, and works in Madrid in the multinational, Trek. I'm going to teach :))
    A kiss.

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  15. EG CameraGirlOctober 23, 2013 at 7:02 AM

    Amazing! And I love the shadow the installation creates too.

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  16. Gerald (SK14)October 23, 2013 at 5:38 PM

    Oh Wow - love all the shadows it creates.

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  17. genieOctober 23, 2013 at 5:40 PM

    An amazing work of art. The bikes look to all be the same and my do they give the viewer lots of patterns at which to gaze. Fascinating. genie

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  18. Sallie (FullTime-Life)October 23, 2013 at 6:50 PM

    Wow!

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  19. ~CherylOctober 24, 2013 at 11:28 PM

    That is a lot of bicycles! Seems like it should be a permanent structure to enjoy and communicate the theme.

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