Jofroi Amaral, Cédric Bostyn

An art work by Cédric Bostyn & Jofroi Amaral

“A syncretic concept, a daring combination of ready-made and purely plastic consideration, it is not a stool or a snow shovel or any other random object promoted to the ranks of a work of art merely due to the artist’s whim. It is intrinsically beautiful.

The beauty of an item which extends the body’s efforts, like an excrescence fashioned for performance, making the human body powerful enough to contract time and space with
the strength of its muscles. The beauty of mechanical perfection whose metallic lace optimises movement in the face of its environment, but also the beauty of the useful, ethereal and thoroughbred form, which underlines the challenges of dynamics with its delicate structure.

The bike, in itself, is above all a feat of human genius, which gives the body the means to follow the mind.

But let’s look at the illustrations on the frame for a moment. They were inspired by a piece by Marcel Duchamp called ‘Obligation pour la roulette de Monte-Carlo’ (Monte-Carlo Bond) created in 1924 to develop an infallible mathematical technique enabling the player to win ‘slowly but surely’ at roulette. On the diagonal tube, set on a long white band, is the brand name in red and gold letters: ‘DEL CAMPO’ (which translates as DU CHAMP in French!).

All this is framed by gold borders on a green background, an allegory of a game mat where dramas and fortunes take shape.”





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