Slog - Comments on The 13th Man http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man Seattle painter J Garcia was in the endzone at Qwest Field today painting during the game. The intersection between art and football is often overlooked because... there isn't one. Leroy Neiman pretty much cornered the market on this stuff, for better or worse. We mostly leave sports imagery to photographers and the micro-fine focus they're capable of. Here we have more of a drive-by than an intersection, but it works well in capturing a stylized blur, a feeling of action and color that reaches beyond the moment depicted.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:45:37 -0800 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:51:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon that's totally just as good as the art on the hawk's nest tower.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852410 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:18:15 -0800 Comment by Line Out Fan that's terrible. all his faces make the people look like mongoloid retards. yuck.

]]> Line Out Fan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852430 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:40:38 -0800 Comment by shitty seattle further proof that art in seattle sucks ass - seahawk ass that is!

]]> shitty seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852455 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852455 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:57:46 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Cool!

The painting even appears to have a chance of getting tackled if the play goes way out of the back corner of the end zone.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852537 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:50:38 -0800 Comment by Gomez Not that I wish this on him or anyone, but I think it would've been hilarious if he were interrupted in mid-stroke by a tumbling ballcarrier knowing him and his easel over.

Seriously, though, nice work on his part.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852646 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:02:44 -0800 Comment by Eric F Harun Farocki made a great video installation based on the other football, specifically, the most recent World Cup final (the Zidane headbutt game). Using 12 screens, he showed the game from as many different perspectives. One screen showed footage from the security cameras around Berlin's Olympic Stadium, one showed a guy clicking between camera angles as the producer's voice was heard giving directions. One was a video game simulation of the entire game, one was a chart of every pass, dribble, and kick. And on and on. It was amazing.

http://www.exporevue.com/artistes/fr/documenta07/documenta07_04.html

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852658 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:13:10 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus Is this the same guy who has done those murals on the bus lane south of downtown? He really is challenged by faces, isn't he?

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852693 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:32:51 -0800 Comment by C. That last face looks like a wild animal or something; I want to say lemur but that's not right. Maybe a crazed lemur.

Not that I could do better, but really. And it's just weird seeing a picture of a big easel on the field- how does he approach the Seahawks to do this? Or maybe they approach him, I'm not sure which would be weirder...

]]> C. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852955 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:51:48 -0800 Comment by art is dead that is just awful. blech!

]]> art is dead http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852956 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852956 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:52:41 -0800 Comment by C. I can't get over this. Maybe I missed something, but did he start out by painting the Seahawk logo all over that? Or did they give him a canvas with the logo all over it and then he painted over it? I'm assuming it's the latter, but that is so bizarre. Help me understanddd!

]]> C. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852960 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c852960 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:54:14 -0800 Comment by Bill Awwww...they're hugging!!

]]> Bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c853077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c853077 Sports Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:41:08 -0800 Comment by Sonics justoksonics.com

]]> Sonics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c853261 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_13th_man#c853261 Sports Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:51:28 -0800