Tennis Players as Works of Art
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Tennis Players as Works of Art
22h ago
“I like to draw people in their habitat.” Bogdan Shiptenko Note: Inspired by Shiptenko’s painting of Tennis Players, I sketch tennis players at the Men’s 65 National Indoors in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Mark Vines (#1 in the US): So much devilish spin on his lefty serve. How does he do it at 5’7?” Does he ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
1w ago
“Was the shoe named after you, or were you named after the shoe?”—Stan Smith’s son, Trevor, at 8 years old. Origin Story: Stan Smith plays his day match at the French Open. When the clock strikes midnight, the waiters all women dressed as men at a nightclub in Paris. Nothing to do but shake hands ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
3w ago
Four Interpretations 1) “Play” as promotional poster. Tennis ball as world globe. Tennis as world sport. Tennis a rocket ship among the stars and planets, its popularity soaring. 2) “Play” as in the mind of Nietszche, the earth hurtling itself through space. “What did we do when we unchained the earth from its sun? Whither ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
1M ago
1) The Fab Four of Italian women’s tennis often dined together: Roberta Vinci, Flavia Panetta, Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani. I imagine wine flows as elegantly as their groundstokes. I imagine their laughter and smiles, their grunts and groans, from a shared life together in the public eye. From 2011-2015, they created more history among them ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
1M ago
Tennis Cuba A bright yellow house. The sun, the heat, of Cuba. White clothes, brown skin, black hair. Two anonymous boys hit a tennis ball. Tennis in Cuba a victim of the Castro revolution. Hardly anyone played it for years. A simple, stark net divides the painting in half. Shadows everywhere help block out the ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
1M ago
“I feel very honored to be a part of his amazing work.”–Caspar Ruud on David Yarrow’s photography. Yarrow’s Beasts: Spend 30 hours in the water with sharks. Follow polar bears from place to place. Study their habitat, their ways. Find the best place in the world to shoot them. All you need is black ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
2M ago
Note: The vast majority of these words are those of Virginia Wade, taken directly from Virginia Wade’s much lengthier account of this day from her autobiography: Courting Triumph. Some words have been added, changed, or reshuffled for purposes of this piece. Wimbledon’s sixteen years, its fifteen failures. Those journalists had not written about me hundreds of times; They ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
2M ago
“Should we drink to your birthday or to your panties?”* The question echoes in the crowded room. A courtroom, Tinling calls it. Later a judgement from one of the jurors: “You have brought sin and vulgarity into tennis.” Outside the war is over, but not its unisex trends. Unimaginative men are still in charge of ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
2M ago
What do a drunk driver in Miami, a Viennese furniture company, and the only world #1 never to have won a match at Wimbledon have in common? A few more rpm when the drunk driver struck, and Muster might be dead. A few more rpm on the ball as Muster sits in a chair, his ..read more
Tennis Players as Works of Art
2M ago
“The ‘Tennis Muse’ painting depicts the Imperial Age statue of the Torlonia Nymph with a sport-inspired detail—a hat atop her head. The juxtaposition of the classical statue with the sporty accessory creates an intriguing blend of ancient and contemporary themes, capturing the essence of dedicated athletes immersed in their mental preparation before a competition.”—Sara Lora ..read more