ART + DESIGN
Sonia Delaunay and the Invention of the ‘Art Car’
[Originally published in The Automobile magazine. For a copy of the Sept. 2024 issue, click here] The need for Art is surely older than the need for Speed, and painted evidence of nomadic artisans afoot chasing down game 30,000 years ago remains as testament to a hard life without wheels. Or perhaps, the possibility of art was available, while speed per se had to wait for the taming of the horse. When the wheel finally arrived, it was immediately decorated; carts and chariots became a canvas for expression – personal or divine. When the…
‘Geno’ Zandomenego’s 1950 Ford Shoebox
Ford’s post-war design revolution was enigmatic of things to come in…
Motorcycles, The New Black
Every year, Hermés offers one of those very large Hermés scarves with a…
Samurai Code: Fuller Moto’s ‘Shogun’
Bryan Fuller has finally abandoned his 'Shogun' custom, like Picasso said - 'a…
A Fine Line, Part 3: Underground Artists
A lot of his 'Checkered Demon' biker characters were people he knew from…
A Fine Line, Part 2: Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth
Late in 1969, Ed's motorcycle venture came to a screeching halt. Mainstream…
A Fine Line, Part 1: Von Dutch
There was a time in the early fifties to early sixties where Kenny led a very…
Carlo Mollino and ‘The Australian Wall’
"Fifty percent of the architecture of all time has had advertising intentions."…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Jack Penton
I believe, short of the birth of my children and my marriage. motorcycling has…
‘The Kompressor’ – Patricio Castelli
"The bike is not intended to be a tribute, nor a replica: it is simply a free…
The Motorcycle Portraits: John Pera
David Goldman travels the world to interview interesting people in the…