Sir Lancelot
The Art and Fashion Crowds Rally for Lance Armstrong
Some big-name artists—Richard Prince, Shepard Fairey, and Andreas Gursky among them—have contributed to Stages, the traveling exhibition organized by Lance Armstrong and Nike to benefit his foundation's fight against cancer. But most eyes were not on the artwork but on the 38-year-old superstar cyclist himself at Friday night's unveiling at Deitch Projects in Soho (next stop: Art Basel Miami Beach). Still, Tom Sachs managed to divert attention to his sculpture Lance's Tequila Bike for Girls. Said piece is a white racer apparently powered by José Cuervo, and upon arrival, Sachs removed a bar knife and fresh limes from a box on the handlebars and prepared a ceremonial shot for himself and Armstrong. Angela Donhauser and Adi Gil of Threeasfour soon joined the artist for the second round. No tequila craziness for Kenny Scharf, though. The Pop artist had pedaled over from Williamsburg and needed full use of his senses for the ride back: "There's a lot of angry cabdrivers out there," he cautioned. "I don't trust any of them."
