Sports Memorabilia, Signed and Everything

For the solo show Sports Memorabilia, Signed and Everything I presented a collection of paintings, drawings, and sculptures that look into sports memorabilia, especially those from US collections. I tried to consider how the aesthetic and collecting of sports memorabilia can be contextualised within art. The paintings and sculptures include shaped canvases resembling sports t-shirts and baseball caps, signed wood-patterned ceramic baseball bats, and Fayoum portraits combined with compositions taken from football cards.

Here are some found texts from sports stars that served as an inspiration to the works:

I’m really proud of you guys

No one gave us a chance

we shocked the world

There’s no “I” in team

A win’s a win (110%)

Superman needs no seat belt

“I love to hit people, I love to”

It’s hard to be humble, when you’re so great

It doesn't get any better than this

It is what it is

us against the world

a string of wins, a run of victories (110 %)

“I like control, I’m patient”