Sunday, July 26, 2009
Lance Rides on Art in the Tour de France
This year's tour is over and after a three year break, Lance Armstrong came in a solid third place. Many of us are excited about the comeback and look forward to what 2010 may hold for Lance and his teammates. For this years race, Trek, Nike, Lance Armstrong and some of the best artists alive today have teamed up together to create STAGES, a rolling art exhibit with Lance's Trek bikes used as the canvas. Shepard Fairy, Kaws, Kenny Scharf, Marc Newson, Yoshitomo Nara and Damien Hirst have all participated and the bikes will be auctioned off to raise money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Pictured above is a bike designed by Damien Hirst in which he used real butterflies to apply to the bike frame. Sounds crazy, looks amazing.