Hell's Union
Motorcycle Club Cuts as American Folk Art
California Museum of Photography
October 6 - December 8, 2012
Opening Reception | Saturday, October 6, 2012, 6pm - 9pm |
Collected by famed artist and rider Jeff Decker, Hell's Union: Motorcycle Club Cuts as
American Folk Art is an exhibition that features defunct motorcycle club cuts, or vests,
and their assorted, colorful club colors, or patches, that represent a unique form of
American folk art embodying the freedom and nonconformity of bikers. Jeff Decker is a
historian and artist famed for his bronze sculptures of vintage motorcycles. He grew up
surrounded by the car culture of southern California in the 60s.
This exhibition relates to ARTSblock's concurrent show, In Their Prime: Photographs of
Racing Car Driver Legends from 1960, and also to Riverside Art Museum's (RAM) current
exhibition exploring popular culture, Baby Tattooville Inside Out: A Private Affair Made
Public.
