Kelly Marie Martin at the Armory for the Arts - see this!
Bike It: Portraits of my Bicipandilla by Kelly Marie Martin
August 18, 2011 – October 2, 2011, Curated by Irene Tsatsos
145 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103-3921
Please support our esteemed, co-wedding march composer, Kelly Marie Martin
Bike It: Portraits of my Bicipandilla by Kelly Marie Martin features black-and-white photographic portraits, taken with a 4x5 camera, of riders in her “bicipandilla,” or bicycle gang, with their bikes.
Here's a quote from the LA Weekly article: "Bicycle gangs are nothing new. I was the leader of the Hills Angels when I was a kid. We didn’t do anything sinister. We just played "Yakety Sax" loud on our ghetto blasters and rode really fast in a straight line. Artist Kelly Marie Martin, on the other handlebar, has collected a series of her black-and-white photographic portraits of riders in her bicipandilla, or bicycle gang. The images were taken with a nice big 4x5 camera — the bulky kind with the bellows formerly used to catch images of Old West outlaws on their way to oblivion."
Here are a few pics of Bec and Ruben meeting Kelly at her show, as well as her husband Ben, who is generously donating the beer for the wedding. Oh, the beer conversation was way above my head, but let's just say there's going to be a lot of Ben's beer being well appreciated at this wedding.
Again, I was thrilled to witness the instant camaraderie between Bec, Ruben, Kelly and Ben. The show was warm and inviting, and the portraits revealed a community, a lot of them at the opening, who bond over one thing. Its a stronger community than I'd imagined, and all the people featured had a strong air about them - that they are grounded to the earth, literally, more than most.
Here's the link to the LA Weekly article: click here