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Park here: new bike rack sculpture  Onion Rings  in Grote St

Park here: new bike rack sculpture Onion Rings in Grote St

Tasty city bike art

July 31, 2013

If you're a regular Central Market shopper using the Grote St entrance, you may have noticed this spectacular addition to the streetscape.

Titled Onion Rings, for obvious reasons, the food-inspired bike rack is by the creative art duo Greg Healey and Gregg Mitchell, of Groundplay.

They're responsible for the vibrant yellow oozing down the side of the Lion Arts Centre, West End, which they say "pays homage to the original tenants, D&J Fowler, whose Lion brand custard powder was a staple in many Australian kitchen cupboards".

Onion Rings is listed as No.1 on a new map - the Adelaide City Bike Art Trail. Check out its cute design here.

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Adelaide City Council and Arts SA have commissioned South Australian artists to create large, sculptural pieces for 11 inner-city and North Adelaide locations, that either act as new bike racks or sit alongside existing ones (At the time of writing, no.s 6-9 are apparently yet to be installed ).

I hope that plaques acknowledging the artists, the work's titles and dates of installation will eventually appear near each piece.

Have you seen any of the others? Do you have a favourite?

 

In Art & Design Tags Public Art, Adelaide City Council, Central Market
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