ART BIKE 2011 installation debuts at Discovery Green on March 15
HOUSTON, TX – In conjunction with MS Awareness Week, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Lone Star will unveil ART BIKE 2011. This month-long art installation of 15 colorful, uniquely-designed bicycles, will kick-off on March 15 at Discovery Green. In partnership with National MS Society: Lone Star, Houston’s leading artists will bring awareness to the incurable, progressive disease of MS through their transformation of used bikes.
“With these one-of-a-kind ART BIKES, we hope to remind people that an individual’s life can move forward once you’ve been diagnosed,” said Mark Neagli, Regional Executive Vice President, National MS Society.
A star-studded roster comprised of 15 local artists stepped up to redesign and transform donated used bikes to delight spectators of all ages. Participating talent hail from: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Glassell School; Orange Show’s Art Car Parade; CowParade Houston and professional local artists.
A variety of themes will be represented throughout the installation. “Joy Ride” by Julie Brook Alexander was created to symbolize a beacon of positive energy for all who are diagnosed with MS. “Color By Wheels” by Kermit Eisenhut hopes to bring about healing through art to individuals living with MS. “We’re All Together” by Maricel Blum depicts the action, energy and the beauty of life explaining how we are all parts of a bike who work together for one unified cause, to find a cure for MS. “Break Away” by Lorena Morales was inspired by the idea of breaking away from all negative attachments and “moving forward”. On a lighter note, Workshop Houston Chopper Shop’s “B.C. Cruiser” was inspired by a Flintstone themed foot powered go-cart.
ART BIKE 2011 will be on display from Tuesday March 15 through Sunday April 17 at Discovery Green in the Bill and Andrea White Promenade between the Alkek Building and The Lake House Waterside Café. The installation is free to the public and will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. The initiative was created to raise awareness for MS and the National MS Society.
Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. There is no cure, and MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.5 million worldwide.
For more information on Art Bike 2011, contact www.jointhemovementlonestar.org or 1-800-344-4867.
ARTISTS AND BIKE
DESCRIPTIONS
“Joy
Ride” by Julie Brook Alexander
Description:Wrapped in fabric and painted as if it were a
giant gift of happiness, this bike was created to symbolize a beacon of
positive energy for everyone impacted by the daily challenges of MS.
“Color By
Wheels” by Kermit Eisenhut
Description: The bike is smaller sized bike and the wheels are decorated
with painted canvas and rhinestones. The bike was created to bring about Art
Healing which the artist believe truly works!
“We’re All Together”
by Maricel Blum
Description: The artist is presenting all the bike parts
in a sculpture, arranged to suggest movement and weightlessness. Created to
depict the action, energy and the beauty of life, this bike is 7 feet tall!
Maricel’s inspiration is that we are all “bike-parts”, everyone impacted by the
disease, all work together in unison to move forward. This sense of unity
creates a strong voice that can be heard far and wide.
“Break Away”
by Lorena Morales
Description: Colored threads,
wire and gel medium come together to form “Break
Away”. The inspiration is the to “keep moving”, and to break free from all
attachments.
“B.C. Cruiser”
by the Workshop Houston
Chopper Shop
Description: The bike was created using three sets of matching bicycle
frames to build a four-wheeled “car”. The frames were connected with steel
tubing. The art work is a two-seater car that is foot powered. Inspiration for
the bike was a “Flintstones themed foot powered go-cart” and was created by
middle school students at Workshop Houston’s Chopper Shop.
“11-118”
by Jim Brown
Description: The bike is a cross between a Giacometti walking man
(woman in this case) and a Duchamp readymade. The feet of the woman are
the bikes wheels. The artist would love to have a Giacometti or Duchamp, but says
he is “more than $100 million short, though the lottery is tomorrow
night.” “What you have to work with is horribly
different before you got the disease,” however the artist is amazed by how some
still make what they want with what they have.
“Hell on Wheels” by
Noah Edmundson
Description: Bicycle
parts, car parts, clothes and various scavenged odds and ends were used to
create “Hell on Wheels”. The bike
depicts a skeleton motorcyclist sculpture using various motorcycle and car
parts assembled to appear as though it is a working motorcycle. Inspiration for
the piece was the day of the dead.
“Part Real, Part Art”
by Suzanne E. Sellers
Description: This
bike has a plywood rectangular box attached that covers the middle section of
the bike, the box is painted on. Since Suzanne is a painter and a muralist she
incorporated those two skills into redesigning her bike. TI is an optical
illusion, as parts of it ar painted on a canvas, while others are real bike
parts.
“Ms. Houston III”
by Donna Glick Lewis
Description: This
bike was inspired by trees growing, by life and by nature. Just like our
knowledge of MS is ever growing, so do people in Houston. She was also influenced by how much
the city has to offer, “so much to do and see, so many types of people, styles and
ways of life all these reaching out and up to touch each other.” Spray paint,
leaves, butterflies and shopping bags were used to create this work of art.
“Erethral Swirls”
by Lorenzo Chuca
Description: A Vintage
bike that has been chopped, sanded and transformed into a floral bouquet of
metal swirls representing transitions, growth and unity necessary to find a
cure and support MS. The piece was created using a torch, grinder, and various
colors of paint.
“The Vintage Style Necklace of
Health” by GONZO247
Description: A giant
gold necklace of connected bike parts and chains to promote health,
spirituality and longevity. The piece was created from bike parts, metal chains
and spray paint. The creation is inspired by individuals living with MS. He
chose the color gold, since, “it makes all persons look like royalty.”
“Forward Keys”
by Rose Sprott Swain
Description: This
bike was created using adhesives, keys, and wheels. All the elements the artist
used were symbolic of a specific emotion or action: adhesives that hold things
together, keys that unlock, open and reveal and wheels to move us all forward
into a world free of MS.
“Travel Bike”
by Rosalinda R. Toro
Description: This
bike represents the all of the uses of a bike, such as: transportation,
exercise, health, fun, enjoying life, visiting loved ones, and even traveling
around the world. The Art Bike was created using permanent acrylic paint, wood
and plastic. Rosalinda was inspired by the idea of traveling around the world
on a bike, helping rid the world of MS.
“Nic”
by Scrap Daddy
Description: This bike is made of 100% recycled bike parts
and metal. This three-wheeled piece of art was inspired by the artist’s
previous works and by his calling to create something that would bring
attention to the cause.
“The Movement”
by Glenda Araiza
Description: Glenda was inspired by her positive mindset about MS
and her focus on the cure. She has a close friend diagnosed with MS, and
credits her as inspiration as well. The bike was created with old bike
parts, paint and wood.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. The Society addresses the challenges of each person affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, collaborating with MS organizations around the world, and providing programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward. In 2009 alone, through its national office and 50-state network, the Society devoted over $132 million to programs that enhanced more than one million lives. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested nearly $36 million to support 375 research projects around the world. The National MS Society: Lone Star serves more than 20,000 Texas families affected by MS with offices in Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, Midland and San Antonio. The Society is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. Join the movement at jointhemovementLoneStar.org.
Early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can make a difference for people with multiple sclerosis. Learn about your options by talking to your health care professional and contacting the National MS Society at nationalMSsociety.org or 1-800-344-4867.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and over 2.1 million worldwide.
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