Event Details:
Urban Culture Project Presents | YOU’RE SUCH A GOOD SPORT
THIRD FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 6-9PM
Exhibition Hours: THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS + SATURDAYS, 12-5PM
On view through May 6, 2010
“Sport is not a metaphor. It is a game and a part of life, culture as learned behavior. The social activity and communion is more important than winning or losing, and the wellspring of that communion is regional, determined by where you live and how you live.” – Ihor Holubisky, from Body Power/Power Play
The exhibition project, You’re Such a Good Sport, focuses on artists’ work relating to sports and sports culture. Featuring visual artworks as well as performances, participatory activities, special events and public programs, this exhibition represents both sport and art as deeply rooted into our definitions of ourselves, individually and culturally, and invites viewers and participants to discover commonalities within the meanings of gamesmanship and art-making. You’re Such a Good Sport exemplifies qualities of sport and art as experiences to be shared, critiqued, celebrated, and explored.
In addition to works by local as well as national and international visual, You’re Such a Good Sport incorporates regional sports objects as well as specific sports-inspired exhibition furniture to create a lively, multi-faceted context and experience . Artist and arts professional Michael Schonhoff is the manager and chief curator of the project.
The exhibition is divided into two parts: a group exhibition at Paragraph gallery and “The Training Room” in the adjacent Project Space.
Event Registration:
- Date:
- March 19, 2010
- Location:
Paragraph gallery + Project Space
21-23 East 12th KCMO 64105
- Fee:
- NA