The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire PREVIEW - 1940 Indian Chief
Presenting the motorcycle as a design object, ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire’ is a special, one-off exhibition that opens at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) on 28 November, 2020, and runs through to 26 April, 2021.
The exhibition will feature over 100 bikes, chosen for their design and aesthetics, covering more than a century of motorcycle history – including the latest electric motorcycles.
The exhibition’s curators, Charles Falco and Ultan Guilfoyle, sourced many bikes from Australian collectors, including that of Peter Arundel, whose collection of historic Indians is not only the best in Australia, but arguably one of the biggest and best in the world, too. As evidence of that, both Falco and Gilfoyle were aware of Arundel’s collection, even before they came to Australia to select bikes for display at The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire.
Many of the bikes from Arundel’s collection have long Australian histories, either in civilian, military or competition use. The 1940 Chief outfit was selected for the exhibition due to its distinctive design features, notably the deeply valanced mudguards that debuted on Chiefs that year, while the factory sidecar is a design object in its own right.
Other Indians from Arundel’s collection in the exhibition include a 1916 8-valve racer, 1926 hillclimber and a 1928 ‘401’ four-cylinder model.
The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire opens on 28 November, 2020 and runs to 26 April, 2021. To purchase tickets, go to: qagoma.qtix.com.au
For more information, exhibition updates and details on GOMA’s COVID-SAFE plan, go to: qagoma.qld.gov.au
Source: Arundel Collection
Photo: Anne-Marie De Boni
