ART & FOOTBALL

This page is part of the Ekkono training in values through football initiative. The objective is to contribute to the interpretation of contemporary problems through the link between Football and Art, offering different possibilities of reading and understanding this sport in the context of today’s society.

We will be uploading and sharing art works linked to football made by artists, with the aim of creating a «collection» of references with which to promote thinking and reflecting on this sporting practice, from different disciplines: illustration, video, sculpture, painting, etc.

ARTIST: MARY ELLEN CARROLL (Conceptual artist. 1961 – . United States)
TITLE: Free throw
Sculpture. 1984

«Free throw» refers to the Italy-Germany match of the 1970 World Cup semifinal, played in Mexico City, and considered the «Game of the Century». In overtime and in the game it was played as if it were basketball and not soccer.