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Chris Burns on August 21, 2009 2:29 PM
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Kevin Cyr presents the Camper Bike

Here it is. The camper bike. Artist / designer Kevin Cyr has created this fabulous monster with the “revolutionary heart” in mind. Cyr constructed this fully-functional piece both to use for camping and as a subject for a series of pictures. Paint, graphite pencil, and curious, inspired eyes are what makes this project fly!

Statement ::
In a culture in which people are easily lured by the appeal of status-enhancing symbols, I find beauty in derelict cars and unkempt landscapes. I have always been interested in painting vehicles and scenes that have defined the evolution of the American landscape.

I commemorate commercial vehicles inundated with graffiti and rust, working vehicles, and well-traveled recreational vehicles. I find that there is so much character in old delivery trucks and vans — especially when covered with graffiti — and in the old RVs parked off a main road. Removing them from their everyday context gives them portrait-like importance. I paint with devoted attention to every imperfection and sign of age.

Painting and drawing these objects gives me a chance to document a time and place, and to make still a part of the ever-changing environment.

What a wild mind Cyr’s is to interact with! Speak with him yourself if you wish to behold a free heart and a talented hand! A real celebration of the human spirit, Cyr is! Also ask him how he did it if you’d like to create your very own Camper-Bike.!

Kevin Cyr
Brooklyn, New York
talk / + 1 617 953 5734
type / kevin@kevincyr.net

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