Bicycle
by Taliah Lempert
November 2nd – December 2nd, 2012
Gurari Collections is pleased to present an exhibition entitled BICYCLE, by the Brooklyn based artist Taliah Lempert,. For close to the last two decades Taliah Lempert has been deconstructing and reconstructing the bicycle as her point of study and interpretation. It is not just the bike itself but also the people that own and personalize this mobile means of transport. Both the technological investigation, as well as the need to recognize that customizing the machine is a means of self-expression, go into Taliah Lempert’s realizations. This enables her to paint these bicycle portraits, and by extension their owner’s portrait. Equally, her printmaking, multiples to reach a large and diverse audience, have promoted the role of the bicycle as a social and economic factor for our future. Taliah, through her art of the bicycle, has signified its’ relevance in today’s world.
In Lempert’s celebration of the bicycle all investigations are exemplified. A child’s push pedal, to that of a world champion’s finely crafted and calibrated bicycle, are equally explored. One can imagine from her paintings the emotion and energy each person brings to their experiences with velocity. The act of movement, either for purpose or pleasure, empowers us with a sense of freedom that compels. Taliah’s bicycle paintings convey this energy. All in all, those first childhood experiences with movement propelled by our own effort never lose that exuberance at any age.
