Zwitserse fiets [Swiss Bicycle], 1967
Object, 61.5 x 60 x 66 cm .
©photo: R. Van Den Bremt, Courtesy Anny De Decker, Antwerp
Collection: M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. WV9).
In the second half of the 1960s, Panamarenko built a series of poetic objects, often inspired by memories of his youth. Because the emphasis in these works is on their formal qualities and not yet on function or technology, they are referred to as ‘silent objects’. In 1965 Panamarenko comes across, in an American scientific magazine, the picture of a mountain bike with a strikingly small front wheel. After a sojourn to Switzerland, the artist decides to imitate the bicycle as object. In Zwitserse fiets the fascination for technology comes to the fore.
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Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Panamarenko Universum. M HKA, Antwerpen, 03 October 2014 - 29 March 2015.
> Exhibition: Recent acquisitions. M HKA, Antwerp, 14 August 2015 - 31 January 2016.
> Exhibition: Panamarenko, Opgepast! Bochten! Blijf op het voetpad! [Panamarenko, Watch out! Bends! Stay on the footpath!]. Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp, 24 November 1967 - 20 December 1967.
> Exhibition: Panamarenko – An overview 1965-1985. MuHKA, Antwerpen, 17 June 1989 - 23 July 1989.
> Exhibition: The Collection. M HKA, Antwerpen, 28 April 2017 - 31 December 2021.
> Exhibition: Let's Play Museum. M HKA, Antwerp, 10 June 2023 - 17 September 2023.
> Exhibition: Panamarenko — Transport. M HKA, Antwerp, 26 September 2023 - 07 January 2024.
> Ensemble: Silent Objects.
> Ensemble: The Collection.