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SDSU Downtown Gallery Reception: I Love To Ride My Bicycle
November 15, 2018 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition “I Love to Ride My Bicycle.” Mix and mingle with artists in attendance as you view the exhibition. Enjoy a performance by maker Peter Scheidt as part of the opening reception.
Artists in the exhibition (not all will be present for the reception):
Kim Adams, Christopher Brown, Lana Z Caplan, Roman de Salvo, Shaun Gladwell, Katina Huston, Dinh Q. Lê, leonardogillesfleur, Kristen Morgin, Kori Newkirk, Peter Schiedt, Jason Sherry.
This event occurs during our regularly scheduled Downtown at Sundown event series on the third Thursday of every month. Downtown at Sundown is presented in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), Stone Brewing Co., and Aaharn.
“I Love to Ride My Bicycle” is curated by Professor and Senior Curator Tina Yapelli and organized by the SDSU Downtown Gallery. The exhibition and events are sponsored by the SDSU Common Experience, the School of Art + Design, the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, and Arts Alive SDSU. Additional support is provided by the San Diego State University Art Council Ambassadors. Community partners are the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition and the San Diego Mountain Biking Association.
For more information about the exhibition or events, please contact Chantel Paul, Downtown Gallery Director at cpaul@sdsu.edu
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About the exhibition:
November 15, 2018 through January 27, 2019
Since their invention in 1817, bicycles have affected the progress of society in terms of both culture and modern industry. As a result of this broad impact, bikes have influenced artists over the past two centuries, with luminaries such as Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso featuring bicycle parts in ground-breaking sculptures. Today, bicycles inspire a spectrum of international artists. “I Love to Ride My Bicycle” presents work by contemporary practitioners from Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, the United States, and Vietnam who incorporate bikes as muse and material. Ranging from drawing, painting, and photography to sculpture, performance, and video installation, their artworks manifest the ongoing significance of two-wheeled human-powered vehicles. At the same time, the works convey the widespread enthusiasm for bicycles expressed by the title of the exhibition.Downtown Galler8
