Title: Martina has time on her hands...
trisco - March 23, 2007 12:48 PM (GMT)
Hmmm...
4 years in the making :blink:
An exhibition of artwork produced by tennis star Martina Navratilova hitting tennis balls dipped in paint has opened in Paris.
Navratilova, 50, has been working on the project in secret for four years with Slovak artist Jurag Kralik.
"What I like is that you hit the ball but you don't exactly know what you're doing," she told the AFP news agency.
More than 60 canvases have been created for the Art Grand Slam show at Roland-Garros, home of the French Open.
Kralik came up with the project in Navratilova's Czech home town, where she first learnt how to play the game.
He first put the idea to Navratilova in 2000. Between 2001 and 2005, the pair created the works on the courts of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments in New York, Melbourne, Paris and Wimbledon.
The exhibition is in Paris until 20 August
Navratilova told AFP that her favourite canvas is titled Way of My Life, featuring two loops that spiral upwards to the edge of the painting.
"It represents my career, with a small loop and a big loop and at the end it shows I'm finished," she said.
Navratilova won nine Wimbledon singles titles and a total of 18 Grand Slam singles titles during her career.
She retired after winning the mixed doubles title at the US Open with Bob Bryan last year.
The exhibition, which also includes a documentary about Navratilova, runs until 20 August.
4 years in the making :blink:
An exhibition of artwork produced by tennis star Martina Navratilova hitting tennis balls dipped in paint has opened in Paris.
Navratilova, 50, has been working on the project in secret for four years with Slovak artist Jurag Kralik.
"What I like is that you hit the ball but you don't exactly know what you're doing," she told the AFP news agency.
More than 60 canvases have been created for the Art Grand Slam show at Roland-Garros, home of the French Open.
Kralik came up with the project in Navratilova's Czech home town, where she first learnt how to play the game.
He first put the idea to Navratilova in 2000. Between 2001 and 2005, the pair created the works on the courts of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments in New York, Melbourne, Paris and Wimbledon.
The exhibition is in Paris until 20 August
Navratilova told AFP that her favourite canvas is titled Way of My Life, featuring two loops that spiral upwards to the edge of the painting.
"It represents my career, with a small loop and a big loop and at the end it shows I'm finished," she said.
Navratilova won nine Wimbledon singles titles and a total of 18 Grand Slam singles titles during her career.
She retired after winning the mixed doubles title at the US Open with Bob Bryan last year.
The exhibition, which also includes a documentary about Navratilova, runs until 20 August.
Lex - March 31, 2007 07:54 AM (GMT)
actually, I'd like to see the clothes she was wearing after hitting the balls..
Actually, she should hit the balls at the clothes and launch it as a new design
:o
You saw it here first
:P
Actually, she should hit the balls at the clothes and launch it as a new design
:o
You saw it here first
:P
BIG-TODGER - April 9, 2007 10:18 PM (GMT)
if anything is art, then nothing is art.
This is visual prattle, meaningless drivel, ok it's not quite meaningless enough to be awarded an Arts Council prize but pretty close.
A phenomenal tennis player, and hero, who clearly doesn't know the meaning of the word art.
This is visual prattle, meaningless drivel, ok it's not quite meaningless enough to be awarded an Arts Council prize but pretty close.
A phenomenal tennis player, and hero, who clearly doesn't know the meaning of the word art.