Motor bike riders
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At WA Art Gallery exhibited occasionally
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The American artist Michael Cooper constructed this work while an Artist-in-Residence at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 1982. Drawing from sources as diverse as American West Coast hot rod culture, ship modelling and vernacular woodcraft traditions, Cooper's work is a tour deforce of craftsmanship and illusion. In a commentary on violence, the central body shape of the motorcycle is formed as a gun, rendered powerless through being constructed in wood, while the cycle itself is reduced to a model-like scale. He thus interchanges images of home-based and community-based traditions of woodcraft and toys. Cooper used innovative technology for moulding laminated veneers of Western Australian jarrah to construct the curvilinear elements of the work and wood-turning techniques for its hundreds of other elements. The surreal, boat-shaped sidecar was influenced by the traditional shipbuilding environment of Fremantle, the location of Cooper's influential three-month residency in Western Australia.
Incredible detail
The American artist Michael Cooper constructed this work while an Artist-in-Residence at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 1982. Drawing from sources as diverse as American West Coast hot rod culture, ship modelling and vernacular woodcraft traditions, Cooper's work is a tour deforce of craftsmanship and illusion. In a commentary on violence, the central body shape of the motorcycle is formed as a gun, rendered powerless through being constructed in wood, while the cycle itself is reduced to a model-like scale. He thus interchanges images of home-based and community-based traditions of woodcraft and toys. Cooper used innovative technology for moulding laminated veneers of Western Australian jarrah to construct the curvilinear elements of the work and wood-turning techniques for its hundreds of other elements. The surreal, boat-shaped sidecar was influenced by the traditional shipbuilding environment of Fremantle, the location of Cooper's influential three-month residency in Western Australia.
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stunning work
RugbyMermaid
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Beautiful
she is a bit of a cranky bitch when she is on the terps and hits 12k, she'll try and throw you off like you've just giving your crazy ex girlfriend the angry bull
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THE GOVERNMENT'S PHASING IT OUT!! NOOOOOOOOOOO. MY VERY FIRST MOTORCYCLE!
Aussie Govt has killed off the Grom…
New legislation coming in to effect in Nov 2021 requires new bikes under 125cc to feature combined or 2-Channel ABS and bikes over 126cc to feature 2-channel ABS
Note: All bikes that are produced/sold prior to November 2021 are and will always be road legal. This is not retrospective and only affects supply of brand new bikes going forward beyond the November deadline. Does not apply to pre-owned/used bikes.
Honda Australia have confirmed the Grom will not be made available with 2-channel ABS (only single channel) so now is your last chance to order one, with deliveries due in September and October 2021
Aussie Govt has killed off the Grom…
New legislation coming in to effect in Nov 2021 requires new bikes under 125cc to feature combined or 2-Channel ABS and bikes over 126cc to feature 2-channel ABS
Note: All bikes that are produced/sold prior to November 2021 are and will always be road legal. This is not retrospective and only affects supply of brand new bikes going forward beyond the November deadline. Does not apply to pre-owned/used bikes.
Honda Australia have confirmed the Grom will not be made available with 2-channel ABS (only single channel) so now is your last chance to order one, with deliveries due in September and October 2021