{"product_id":"common-practice-basketball-contemporary-art","title":"Common Practice Basketball \u0026 Contemporary Art","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"catanno\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdited by Carlos Rolón, Dan Peterson, John Dennis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first, comprehensive, illustrated publication to explore the relationship between basketball and contemporary art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom David Hammons'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigher Goals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Robert Indiana’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMecca Floor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the more recent works of Nina Chanel Abney and Titus Kaphar, basketball has proven an especially popular sport in art. Whether in the depiction of players, abstract use of motifs, or as a means of examining social inequality and political justice, this collection takes readers on a journey to understand the game of basketball, not only as a physical activity played between a series of lines, but also as a reflection of a greater human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGathering work by more than 250 artists from the 20th century to now, this volume reveals a little-discussed point of overlap between art and sport, in part to be found in the titular phrase “common practice”—“practice” in the sense of “to perform an activity or exercise regularly in order to improve or maintain one’s proficiency.” This book argues that the need to rehearse, discover and explore through the act of doing makes these two very different ideas of perfecting one’s craft very similar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtists include\u003c\/b\u003e: Nina Chanel Abney, Emma Amos, Romare Bearden, Salvador Dalí, Elaine de Kooning, Keith Haring, David Hammons, Barkley Hendricks, Robert Indiana, JR, KAWS, Titus Kaphar, Jacob Lawrence, Roy Lichtenstein, Sharon Lockhart, Robert Longo, Claes Oldenburg, Paul Pfeiffer, Alex Prager, Richard Prince, Robert Rauschenberg, Faith Ringgold, Lorna Simpson, Andy Warhol, Ai Weiwei and Wendy White.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlos Rolón\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a visual artist known for his multi-disciplinary practice whose work explores themes of craft, ritual, beauty, spirituality, identity and its relationship to art history and the institution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the founder of Project Backboard, a nonprofit organization devoted to renovating basketball courts and improving public spaces across the country through art and community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Dennis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an artist and filmmaker, and creative director at NXTHVN—an arts incubator and residency program based in New Haven, CT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"newspec\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"infol\"\u003eBOOK FORMAT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, 9.5 x 11 in. \/ 352 pgs \/ 300 color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"newspec\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"infol\"\u003ePUBLISHING STATUS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePub Date\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-15\"\u003e6\/22\/2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"newspec\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"infol\"\u003eDISTRIBUTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD.A.P. Exclusive\u003cbr\u003eCatalog: FALL 2020 p. 110   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"newspec\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"infol\"\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9788857243979\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41251086303281,"sku":"npy1791428687673","price":234.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/8573\/6497\/files\/common-practice-basketball-contemporary-art_1.png?v=1791428694","url":"https:\/\/xpsats-7g.myshopify.com\/products\/common-practice-basketball-contemporary-art","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}