Research Catalog

Title

To the hoop : basketball and contemporary art / Emily Stamey ; foreword by Wes Miller.

Author

Stamey, Emily

Publication

• Greensboro, North Carolina : Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Miller, Wes
• Weatherspoon Art Museum, organizer, host institution.
• Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, host institution.

Description

79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 x 22 cm

Summary

From its storied invention in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith as a recreational activity for "incorrigible" youth, to its current multibillion-dollar industry of franchises, stars, and merchandise, basketball has captured America's--and stolen North Carolina's--heart. To the Hoop is the exhibition catalog for the Weatherspoon Art Museum's spring 2020 exhibit featuring portrayals of basketball in contemporary art, which coincides with Greensboro hosting both ACC and NCAA tournament games. The book includes scholarly writing about the artworks by Curator Emily Stamey, and a personal reflection on the game by Coach Wes Miller. To the Hoop explores these myriad facets of basketball's intersection with contemporary art and culture. Featuring the work of both internationally recognized and emerging artists, it offers an opportunity to consider the world in which we live through the overlapping lenses of sport and art. Exhibition: Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, USA (01.02.-07.06.2020).

Subject

• Basketball in art > Exhibitions
• Basketball in art

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, organized by the Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro, on view there February 1 through June 7, 2020; and traveling to the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas, August 27 through November 9, 2020"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

Sc F 21-59

ISBN

• 9781890949181
• 1890949183

LCCN

2019902554

OCLC

1099343244

Author

Stamey, Emily, author, curator.

Title

To the hoop : basketball and contemporary art / Emily Stamey ; foreword by Wes Miller.

Publisher

Greensboro, North Carolina : Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Miller, Wes, writer of foreword.

Weatherspoon Art Museum, organizer, host institution.

Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc F 21-59