The Art of the Motorcycle

by Thomas Krens

Accompanied by detailed descriptions and essays exploring the motorcycle as a cultural phenomenon, an exhibition catalog features more than one hundred motorcycles, from the first production bike to twenty-first century prototypes.

Genres: Motorcycle, Nonfiction, Art

440 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Thomas Krens (26 December, 1946) is the former director and Senior Advisor for International Affairs of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York City.

During his 20-year tenure as director he expanded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum globally by enlarging and raising the profile of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, & building the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (1997), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany, and Guggenheim Las Vegas.

Reviews

[Varmint · Rating 4 out of 5]

fine art turned to shit sometime early in the twentieth century. engineers took the lead in the field of aesthetics. the motorcyles in this book are more beautiful and graceful and true than any sculpture in moma.

could have done without the poser text. don't care about dennis hopper's poetry.

[Mark Fischer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book, and one of those motorcycles is now located in ThrottleStop located in ElKart Lake. Great pictures of motorcycles that made history, and some of the designs are with us today. Like to find my own copy. The one I read is from the library.