Dan COLEN :: My Old Friend The Blues . [Gagosian Gallery, Paris < 28 July 2012] - http://artobserved.com/2012...
"Upon entering the gallery, one is confronted by a hanging entanglement of blue bicycles, suspended in a metallic knot from a hook in the ceiling. Entitled "My Old Friend The Blues," this sculpture is composed of chains and bicycle parts scavenged from the streets of New York City, discarded and dejected, yet here given new life. The color, an incarnation of the title and the eponymous Neil Young song, “Into the Blue”, is that of melancholy, sadness and infinity. Hung in a dark hall like an inverted candelabra, it is surrounded by a ring of candles, forming something of a ritualistic shrine—a tribute to the triumphal power of art to reclaim and revive." - Adriano