“Images of Football” Exposition in Quito

March 9th, 2006 | By: Trent | No Comments »

Okay, so maybe Ecuador haven’t a long list of thrilling World Cup moments. Yet. But a German photography exhibit, “Images of Football” will be on display at the Humboldt Association in Quito to further pique the interest of Ecuadorian football fans. The photographs were collected by a German news agency from 1954 to 2002, so most–but certainly not all–of the works focus on the Mannschaft. Still, worth checking out if you’re in Quito.



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[...] As happens every World Cup year, several confluences of art and football seem to pop up here and there. Whether it’s to assuage intellectuals’ fears about football, or to make the rest of us feel smart for a fleeting moment, I can’t say. Already we’ve seen this [http://ecuador.worldcupblog.org/1/images-of-football-exposition-in-quito.html] photo exposition in Quito, which wasn’t the only recent football-and-art exhibit [http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2005/octubre/18/125797.html] in Ecuador. Now comes news that a play [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2006/03/07/espectaculos/c-00801.htm] based in part on the life of Brazilian legend Garrincha is playing in Berlin. Well, we’re nothing if not joiners. So here’s a look at who I believe to be Ecuador’s greatest (and most famous) artist, the spectacular Guayasamin. [...]

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