Tuesday, February 24, 2009


Well this picture is one that I have never seen before and looks like would make for a very uncomfortable ride. I do not really get the meaning behind this picture but I have a good idea of what Oppenheim is trying to get at. This picture represents our everyday lives. We are always on the go and are always being told to do more and do it faster. This picture represents that by having thousands and thousands of bees on the seat of a bike. Picture this, you are riding a bike with bees on the seat you don’t notice them at first and then you hear a loud buzzing and a tingly feeling in your butt. You look down to realize that the seat of your bike was covered with bees; you swerve to the side of the road hit the curb and go over your handle bars. This result in you landing on your face, after coming too you realize you are being stung over and over again. It is a metaphor about life and how hard it can be to do everyday things like ride your bike without having bees cover your seat. If I was riding a bike with bees on the seat and I had someplace to go, I would peddle really fast because I don’t like getting stung in the butt or anyplace really. Another thing I noticed about this picture is the location at which it is taken. It seems that it is taken outside of a small convenient store or some business. After thinking about that I thought that the guy inside the store would be in for a surprise when he comes to sit on his bike to go home. These are the mostly the ideas that Oppenheim hand in mind when he created this work I think.

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