In the words of an anthropologist studying biker culture in New Zealand, "Mann’s paintings set ‘outlaw’ Harley chopper motorcycles against surreal backgrounds, and distorted skylines, colourful images that celebrated the chopper motorcycle and the freedom of the open road. Choppers have been built based on the bikes first imagined in a David Mann painting. Called "the biker world's artist-in-residence," his images are ubiquitous in biker clubhouses and garages, on motorcycle gas tanks, tattoos, and on T-shirts and other memorabilia associated with biker culture. National Motorcycle Museum (Anamosa, IA) Hall of Fame – Promotion CategoryĮd "Big Daddy" Roth, Easyriders magazine ĭavid Mann ( ( )Septem( )September 11, 2004) was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated biker culture, and choppers.
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