London, where weird has become standard in art

Subject: London, where weird has become standard in art Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:32 am

The bicycles are a dead giveaway. They're strewn across the high street, chained to anything that doesn't move. There are old bikes and new bikes, multi-geared racing bikes and single-geared trendy bikes. All are waiting patiently like chauffeurs for their art-viewing clients to return and ride them away into the night.

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To find the bikes' owners, you just have to turn from the high street into one of east London's narrow alleys and there they are - hundreds of them.

Some are milling about in the street clutching cans of cider; others are moving in and out of galleries, chatting, conferring, talking serious art talk.

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London, where weird has become standard in art

London, where weird has become standard in art

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