Amanda Ba's art, showcased in her new exhibition For Sport, intertwines the themes of sports and societal ideologies, reflecting real-world issues through a visual lens. Ba emphasizes the connection between sports as a universal metaphor and artistic expression, highlighting concepts like teamwork, competition, and cultural narratives. Her examination of bodies in action reveals how mass participation in sports relates to politics and identity. This intention to depict complex layers within sports unites personal experiences with global perceptions, showcasing the duality of competition and cooperation in both realms.
I also sometimes have a hard time just coming up with images purely from imagination. I think I'm a pretty realistic person, so I like to attach it to things that are happening in the world.
Through these bodies in action, Ba examines how competitive sport reflects and reinforces cultural ideologies, national mythologies, and global hierarchies.
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