Bike (where angels fear to tread: for dad)

Cardboard, wood, plastic packaging, road maps, newspaper, paper, acrylic paint, spray paint

‘Particularly poignant is Messenger’s choice of materials for his motorbike replica, created just after the passing of his father. Where Angels Fear to Tread (For Dad) is built from packaging, recycled cardboard his dad had set aside for him, and collaged paper, including one of his dad’s old OS road maps. Unbeknownst to Messenger, the number 46 on the Asian supermarket packaging is a reference to the celebrated Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion, Valentino Rossi, who carried the number 46 throughout his career as a tribute to his own father.’

Siobhan McLaughlin, curator of ‘DRIVE’ at PAPPLE