Thread: Million Dollar Harley Davidson!

We still need to remember that this is suppose to be Art and not everyone gets what the artist was thinking when he created it or why he painted it the way he did; that's why it is called Art.

Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging symbolic elements in a way that influences and affects the senses, emotions, and/or intellect. (Wiki)

Some people comment the same way about this piece...... But its worth a lot?



Some people loved this as Art as well?

Lassen Press Release CRL-2003-27

art also has to have aesthetic value

and thats where the uglyness comes into this for not being art.

to me:
this was billed as a motorcycle with art involved and not an art piece with a motorcycle being involved.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Look at the Mona Lisa. I’m not saying I like the bike but someone might?

Originally Posted by JLasher22443

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Look at the Mona Lisa. I’m not saying I like the bike but someone might?

that is true...people do buy some fugly stuff trying very very hard to be different lol.

Press release (from link above):
PR NEWSWIRE, LOS ANGELES – Bartels Harley Davidson (Harley Davidson dealer to the stars) in Marina Del Rey, California, will unveil Artist Jack Armstrong’s “Cosmic Starship” Harley Davidson on October 21, 2010. Priced at $1,000,000, this is the world’s first and only million dollar Harley and the only motorcycle Armstrong will ever paint. “Andy Warhol would have loved it,” states Armstrong. “He started with soup cans and worked up to Elizabeth Taylor! For me as an artist,” explains Armstrong, “Harley is James Dean, Brando, Elvis and Steve McQueen, and is more American than ice cream. To paint a million dollar Harley is legendary, like the bike!” John Travolta rode a Bartels Harley in the film Hogs, but Armstrong’s million dollar Harley is a movie in itself. Creator of the unique painting style called “Cosmic Extensionalism,” Armstrong’s trademark art combines extreme colors and textures.

Words magically appear throughout his paintings when viewed at different angles with his bold signature JACK, often in the center. Armstrong’s “Cosmic Extensionalism,” along with his three 1st edition art books titled: “Cosmic Dream Museum,” “The Last Wizard” and “Star Trip” can be seen at JackArmstrongArtist.com. According to Armstrong there will be a small sign placed next to the million dollar motorcycle saying, “If you are not Lady GaGa, Scarlett Johansson or Sylvester Stallone DO NOT TOUCH THIS HARLEY!”