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By placing
lowrider bicycles in the context of an art gallery, this exhibition
attempts to bring attention to low bikes as an important art
form and cultural icon. When an ordinary object such as a
bike begins to circulate “within the system of Art it
acquires a depth of meaning, a breadth of importance”
that can help focus attention on the interpretative richness
of cultural practices that many of us simply take for granted.
What is fascinating about lowrider bicycles is precisely their
ability to move back and forth across the line that divides
fuction from form, the ordinary from the extra-ordinary, the
mundane from the sublime, and everyday life from Art. More
importantly, lowrider bikes remind us of our ability as humans
to invest objects and ordinary life with meaning.
Maribel Alvarez - Director, San Jose Center For Latino
Arts
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