{"id":2924,"date":"2019-02-22T06:37:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2019-02-22T06:39:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:39:54","slug":"motorcycle-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/02\/22\/motorcycle-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle art&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2926\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190222_9414-600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190222_9414-600-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190222_9414-600-1-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/>Motorcycles and things related to them are interesting..the bikes themselves, the people, the events, and more, so it was with some interest that Sue and I noticed a small piece in our local newspaper about a motorcycle show in nearby Chaffey College.\u00a0 <em>Faster, Faster!\u00a0 The Art of Motorcycle Culture<\/em> was the name of the show, and that sounded like it might be fun.\u00a0 Not having anything pressing to do, we decided to ride over and see it.\u00a0 I had my Nikon, thinking that the show might have some interesting motorcycles worthy of a photo or two.<\/p>\n<p>Wow, were we ever surprised.\u00a0 No motorcycles.\u00a0 It was an art exhibit, where the topic was, well, motorcycles and things related to them.\u00a0 At first we were a bit surprised because there were no motorcycles (we were expecting a bike show), but the exhibit was well displayed and we had a good time.\u00a0 There were paintings of motorcycles, people, custom helmets, vests, and oil cans.\u00a0 That last one might sound a bit off the wall, but Jeffrey Durrant&#8217;s paintings of oil cans were, to me, the best part of the show.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t explain why.\u00a0 I guess that&#8217;s one of the elements of fine art&#8230;something that is appealing in a way that is difficult to put into words.<\/p>\n<p>Chaffey College had an interesting booklet assembled for the exhibit that included a number of essay prompts. \u00a0 That&#8217;s fascinating, and it made me wish I was still in school taking courses with assignments like that.\u00a0 The folks who organized <em>Faster, Faster<\/em> did a fine job. \u00a0 The show runs through March 9th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorcycles and things related to them are interesting..the bikes themselves, the people, the events, and more, so it was with some interest that Sue and I noticed a small piece in our local newspaper about a motorcycle show in nearby Chaffey College.\u00a0 Faster, Faster!\u00a0 The Art of Motorcycle Culture was the name of the show, &hellip; 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