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RUNNERS BIKING

Achievement is the name of the game in the 21st century There is much charm in the physical phenomenon of the
- faster, stronger, further. The aspiration for excellence is wheel in motion, maintaining a vertical position, as long
imprinted in us from childhood and is supposed to lead as it continues to turn and propel forward.
us to material and spiritual success with side benefits. In
reality we are in a crazy race that never ends. Every Bicycles have enchanted me ever since I was a child. I
achievement is the basis for climbing another step and learned to ride at a young age and my entire childhood
for aspiring to another achievement and satisfaction is and adolescence is linked to my bicycle and the feeling
never complete. of independence it gave me. As time passed, this
memory has become a central motive that appears
In “Photo Finish,” I describe athletes on the finish line repeatedly in my work in different forms. I take pleasure
with the concentrated effort to come first, an apparent in the idea that the bicycle rider is aware (consciously or
description of a sporting event where the bodies of the sub-consciously) of the fact that he has to maintain
athletes are sophisticated and perfect machines that constant motion in order to keep balance on his vehicle.
create enormous energy. This energy is designed to The elements of dynamics and tension incorporate into
break the record already achieved, a test to the limits of the artistic creation, which is static by nature. The
human ability. As far as I am concerned, this race is a beauty of the connection between the rider and the
metaphor of any one of us out there on the track of bicycle caring him, as well as the direct connection
endless achievement. between the motion of the legs and the motion of the
wheels, are the perfect combination of coordination and
harmony. The bicycle becomes mechanically an

TOUR DE FRANCE
HAND PAINTED STEEL
CM. 179X82X15/ IN.70X32X6
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PHOTO FINISH
HAND PAINTED STEEL, 3 LAYERS
CM. 150X58X15/ IN.60X23X6
LIMITED EDITION 150

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