I went to see the Carol Roma retrospective at Baltic last night. It's always a pleasure going there as I get to cross the fantastic Gateshead Millennium Bridge, probably the greatest cycle bridge in the world. Well, maybe.
Anyway, Carol Roma went through a phase of using old bicycle inner tubes to make pictures. She'd cut them open, cut them up and then lay them flat to create expanses of black. She used old tubes so these expanses were often punctuated with patches, some very old looking but the odd more modern looking patch. The 'pictures' didn't do much for me but I did spend a lot of time checking out brands and sizes. She seemed to use mostly 26" and 20" tubes. The tubes were usually Continental, Pirelli and Union. On until later in April if anyone can be bothered.
I went to see the Carol Roma retrospective at Baltic last night.
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The 'pictures' didn't do much for me but I did spend a lot of time checking out brands and sizes. She seemed to use mostly 26" and 20" tubes. The tubes were usually Continental, Pirelli and Union.
Well done, Colin, you have officially passed the "cyclist at an art gallery" test. :-)
I went to see the Carol Roma retrospective at Baltic last night. It's always a pleasure going there as I get to cross the fantastic Gateshead Millennium Bridge, probably the greatest cycle bridge in the world. Well, maybe.
Anyway, Carol Roma went through a phase of using old bicycle inner tubes to make pictures. She'd cut them open, cut them up and then lay them flat to create expanses of black. She used old tubes so these expanses were often punctuated with patches, some very old looking but the odd more modern looking patch. The 'pictures' didn't do much for me but I did spend a lot of time checking out brands and sizes. She seemed to use mostly 26" and 20" tubes. The tubes were usually Continental, Pirelli and Union. On until later in April if anyone can be bothered.
