UNITED STATES: "THE ART OF THE MOTORCYCLE" EXHIBITION PREPARES TO OPEN AT NEW YORK'S GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

Record ID: 337748

  • Title: UNITED STATES: "THE ART OF THE MOTORCYCLE" EXHIBITION PREPARES TO OPEN AT NEW YORK'S GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
  • Date: 25th June 1998
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JUNE 25, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. WS MORE THAN 100 MOTORCYCLES RIDING DOWN FIFTH AVENUE TO THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM 0.08 2. MV MOTORCYCLES MOVING PAST GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, WITH VIEW OF BANNER "THE ART OF THE MOTORCYCLE" 0.16 3. SV/SCU MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST MICHAEL FRIEDLE OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK SAYING: "MOTORCYCLES ARE ART. IF YOU GO INSIDE AND LOOK AT THE SHOW, THERE'LL BE SOME BEAUTIFUL MOTORCYCLES THERE, AND A NUMBER OF MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD DO HAVE MOTORCYCLES IN THEIR PERMANENT COLLECTIONS. I MEAN LOOK AT THIS MOTORCYCLE. IT'S ART, ART DECO MAYBE, BUT ART. (LAUGHS)." (ENGLISH) (2 SHOTS) 0.44 4. WIDE VIEW OF FRIEDLE ON HIS MOTORCYCLE (1958 BMW R-50) WITH GERMAN-MADE SIDE CAR 0.51 5. INSIDE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, TILT DOWN FROM TO LEVEL TO GROUND FLOOR 0.58 6. SV VIEW OF 1998 ITALIAN MV AGUSTA F4 750 MOTORCYCLE (FROM THE COLLECTION OF KING JUAN CARLOS OF SPAIN) WITH MUSEUM'S NEON LIGHT BANNER "THE ART OF THE MOTORCYCLE" IN THE BACKGROUND 1.02 7. MV 1868 FRENCH MICHAUX-PERREAUX STEAM VELOCIPEDE IN FOREGROUND WITH ABOVE MENTIONED ITALIAN MOTORCYCLE IN BACKGROUND 1.08 8. WIDE VIEW OF FIVE ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLES 1.14 9. SV ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE 1.20 10. SV ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE 1.25 11. MV THREE-SHOT OF MOTORCYCLES WITH 1974 ITALIAN LAVERDA SFC 744cc IN FOREGROUND 1.34 12. SV SINGLE SHOT OF MOTORCYCLE IN BACKGROUND OF PREVIOUS SHOT, A 1973 JAPANESE YAMAHA RD350 737cc 1.39 13. CLOSE VIEW OF YAMAHA LOGO ON BIKE 1.44 14. MV TWO-SHOT MOTORCYCLES: 1978 ITALIAN MOTO GUZZI LE MANS 1 844 cc and 1975 JAPANESE HONDA GL1000 GOLD WING 999 cc 1.53 15. CLOSE VIEW MOTO GUZZI LOGO 1.59 16. CLOSE VIEW HONDA LOGO 2.05 17. SCU DIRECTOR OF GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION THOMAS KRENS SAYING: "I THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE WITH THE MOTORCYCLE IS WE'VE SEEN THIS OBJECT AS A METAPHOR FOR THE 20TH CENTURY. I MEAN IT REFLECTS THE GREAT THEMES OF THE 20TH CENTURY: TECHNICAL INNOVATION, DESIGN INNOVATION, SPEED, MOTION, REBELLION, LOVE, SEX, DEATH. I MEAN ALL THE THINGS THAT SEEM TO PREOCCUPY US AS A CULTURE." (ENGLISH) 2.26 18. WS MUSEUM VISITORS 2.30 19. CLOSER VIEW MUSEUM VISITORS 2.35 20. LAS PARADE OF MOTORCYCLES TRAVELLING DOWN FIFTH AVENUE 2.45 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th July 1998 13:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA8S8J638Y6VRQQ3LQB93VBLQY7
  • Story Text: Hundreds of motorcycles have gone on exhibit at New York city's Guggenheim Museum as part of a retrospective on the bike as cultural icon and design achievement.

    The Guggenheim Museum in New York is paying homage to the motorcycle, in an exhibit "The Art of the Motorcycle", running June 26 - September 20.

    The museum launched the exhibit on Thursday (June 25) with a press preview that began with a parade of more than 100 motorcycles through Manhattan to the Guggenheim Museum.The motocycle enthusiasts were all riding BMWs, representing the corporate sponsor of the museum show.

    The exhibit, however, is a broadbrush painting of the history of the motorcycle.It includes specimens of early models from the 19th century from Germany, France, the United States and Belgium.The show continues with motorcycles from the early 20th century through the present.Honda cycles make up the bulk of the show, followed by those manufactured by Harley-Davidson, BMW and Yamaha.

    Guggenheim Foundation Director Thomas Krens told Reuters Television the motorcycle is a "metaphor for the twentieth century." He continued that it deserves a scholarly examination by the museum as much as any millenia-old pottery that archeologists may dig up.
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