Domestique
08 Jun - 08 Jul 2006
Domestique
KNUT H. HENRIKSEN / KIM HIORTHØY / MICHAELA MEISE / CHARLOTTE WANKEL / PAE WHITE
Curated by Eivind Furnesvik and Salome Sommer
08.06.-08.07.2006 / Opening: Thursday 08.06.2006 / 19.00-21.00
STANDARD (OSLO) is pleased to announce its summer exhibition “Domestique”, with contributions by the artists Knut Henrik Henriksen, Kim Hiorthøy, Michaela Meise, Charlotte Wankel and Pae White. Taking the term ‘domestique’ from the bicycle sport as a starting point, the exhibition revolves around notions of triumph and the suspension of self.
”Under whatever guise, team work is rooted in the efficacy of pacing. In the early days of bike racing, riders were artificially paced by other cyclists who were not taking part as competitors, and then by cars or motorbikes; later in the twentieth century, ’Derny-paced’ bike races enjoyed some popularity, with the cyclists following a little moped-like machine, a cross between bicycle and motorbike, a form of competition which had shocking results on one occasion involving Eddy Merckx. It team racing the pacing is both continuous and subtler. It can be seen in pure form in team time trials, of which there is now one in each Tour, when the lead endlessly rotates between riders, each setting th pace for no more than twenty seconds at a time. On road stages, the same thing happens in less structured form, with riders lending on behalf of their team, one rider pacing others, and domestiques serving their leaders like worker bees serving the queen. They literally wait on him, fetching and carrying bidons of water, they faithfully stay with him if he punctures to relay him back to the peloton, they accompany him if he attacks, and, if a rival rider attacks, they set off and stick to his wheel: all in the service of the team and its leader.”
Wheatcroft, Geoffrey: ”Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France ”
Simon & Schuster, London, 2005, p 82
For further information please visit our webpage: www.standardoslo.no or contact Eivind Furnesvik at eivind@standardoslo.no or +47 917 07 429 / +47 22 60 13 10. STANDARD (OSLO) is open Tuesday-Friday: 12.00-17.00 / Saturday-Sunday: 12.00-16.00. The curators would like to thank Galerie Johann König, Berlin, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, and Storebrand Art Collection, Oslo.
© Charlotte Wankel
"KOMPOSISJON I SORT, GRÅTT OG HVITT II" ["COMPOSITION IN BLACK, GREY
AND WHITE II"]
1925
Oil on canvas
36 x 35 cm
Courtesy of Storebrand Art Collection, Oslo
KNUT H. HENRIKSEN / KIM HIORTHØY / MICHAELA MEISE / CHARLOTTE WANKEL / PAE WHITE
Curated by Eivind Furnesvik and Salome Sommer
08.06.-08.07.2006 / Opening: Thursday 08.06.2006 / 19.00-21.00
STANDARD (OSLO) is pleased to announce its summer exhibition “Domestique”, with contributions by the artists Knut Henrik Henriksen, Kim Hiorthøy, Michaela Meise, Charlotte Wankel and Pae White. Taking the term ‘domestique’ from the bicycle sport as a starting point, the exhibition revolves around notions of triumph and the suspension of self.
”Under whatever guise, team work is rooted in the efficacy of pacing. In the early days of bike racing, riders were artificially paced by other cyclists who were not taking part as competitors, and then by cars or motorbikes; later in the twentieth century, ’Derny-paced’ bike races enjoyed some popularity, with the cyclists following a little moped-like machine, a cross between bicycle and motorbike, a form of competition which had shocking results on one occasion involving Eddy Merckx. It team racing the pacing is both continuous and subtler. It can be seen in pure form in team time trials, of which there is now one in each Tour, when the lead endlessly rotates between riders, each setting th pace for no more than twenty seconds at a time. On road stages, the same thing happens in less structured form, with riders lending on behalf of their team, one rider pacing others, and domestiques serving their leaders like worker bees serving the queen. They literally wait on him, fetching and carrying bidons of water, they faithfully stay with him if he punctures to relay him back to the peloton, they accompany him if he attacks, and, if a rival rider attacks, they set off and stick to his wheel: all in the service of the team and its leader.”
Wheatcroft, Geoffrey: ”Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France ”
Simon & Schuster, London, 2005, p 82
For further information please visit our webpage: www.standardoslo.no or contact Eivind Furnesvik at eivind@standardoslo.no or +47 917 07 429 / +47 22 60 13 10. STANDARD (OSLO) is open Tuesday-Friday: 12.00-17.00 / Saturday-Sunday: 12.00-16.00. The curators would like to thank Galerie Johann König, Berlin, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, and Storebrand Art Collection, Oslo.
© Charlotte Wankel
"KOMPOSISJON I SORT, GRÅTT OG HVITT II" ["COMPOSITION IN BLACK, GREY
AND WHITE II"]
1925
Oil on canvas
36 x 35 cm
Courtesy of Storebrand Art Collection, Oslo