Author Topic: modern Guzzi as art (Read 2192 times)

kidsmoke · « **on:** October 11, 2018, 10:11:34 AM »

That is all.

Ncdan · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2018, 10:53:41 AM »

I totally agree but Art, that's as close to art as an ole country boy like me can accept. I love the shape of that tank, wish my 1400 had that tank.

fotoguzzi · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2018, 11:12:30 AM »

Moto · « **Reply #3 on:** October 11, 2018, 11:30:23 AM »

Quote from: fotoguzzi on October 11, 2018, 11:12:30 AM

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Super association, fotoguzzi!

I personally found the view of the V9 from the rear more pornography than art.

But that's just my impression.

Moto

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #3 on:** October 11, 2018, 11:30:23 AM »

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #4 on:** October 11, 2018, 02:50:41 PM »

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twowheeladdict · « **Reply #5 on:** October 11, 2018, 07:24:38 PM »

Quote from: kidsmoke on October 11, 2018, 10:11:34 AM

That is all.

Beautiful paint.

keener · « **Reply #6 on:** October 11, 2018, 09:02:27 PM »

yes they are art

kingoffleece · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2018, 07:16:18 AM »

Quote from: fotoguzzi on October 11, 2018, 11:12:30 AM

And the buyer agreed to pay FULL price. What do I know?

blackcat · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2018, 07:26:11 AM »

Quote from: kingoffleece on October 12, 2018, 07:16:18 AM

And the buyer agreed to pay FULL price. What do I know?

And it's worth more now than when he purchased the piece.

rdbandkab · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2018, 07:31:05 AM »

I believe this is a Guzzi...George Guzzi.
He has some more sophisticated stuff too.

Murray · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2018, 10:04:58 AM »

For something to be art it has to be completely useless at anything else, see J.Clarkson's piece of the Alfa 8C, oh look a picture of a V9.

vintagehoarder · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2018, 10:23:17 AM »

Agreed

SmithSwede · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2018, 10:45:58 AM »

The aesthetics of machinery is a fascinating topic. David Gelernter (one of the Unabomber's victims) wrote an excellent book on this topic called "Machine Beauty." How and why machines are beautiful if they are simple, functional, elegant, and "right." Old Emerson radios from 1930s, Bauhaus chair, Hoover dam, the old style black rotary phones, etc.

Many of the Moto Guzzi designs are paradigm examples of that sort of machine beauty, or art, that Gelernter talks about.

To my eyes, the modern V7 small block is one of the most beautiful motorcycles made. Pure and flowing lines, highly functional, simple, integrated, no excess chrome or gee-gaws, etc.

Don G · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2018, 10:50:11 AM »

Maybe they should apply more of this:

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Toecutter · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2018, 01:25:13 PM »

Quote from: kingoffleece on October 12, 2018, 07:16:18 AM

And the buyer agreed to pay FULL price. What do I know?

Well... yeah. The art in that was the act of destroying it. The notion of buying a Banksy in a frame is the exact opposite of the point of Banksy's art. I 'd argue that in the shredding, it gained value for the buyer.

zebraranger · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2018, 04:39:34 PM »

I turned a photo of my Guzzi into a photo of Guzzi art.

tazio · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2018, 07:54:33 PM »

Go GRiSO!

keener · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2018, 11:00:51 PM »

Quote from: tazio on October 12, 2018, 07:54:33 PM

Go GRiSO!

the Griso is art as many Guzzis are

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Author Topic: modern Guzzi as art (Read 2192 times)

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