The billions of us around the world who follow the World Cup every four years are already well aware of what an amazing event it is. So we need no convincing, but those of you who aren’t and read this blog may find this awesome as well. For the second time in its history, the FIFA World Cup has launched a major art project in collaboration with the competition. Since this year’s is in South Africa, the 17 internationally acclaimed artists who were commissioned have a “special” relation to the continent. I’m not sure what that means, but it doesn’t really matter. You should be able to guess the artist behind the one seen here, and a few of my other favorites are after the jump. Also, although the originals were auctioned off for quite a vast sum, you can get prints of these amazing pieces for fairly cheap, but they’re limited. Jump here, don’t run.
In case you didn’t guess, the one above is by William Kentridge. The first one here is by Ethiopian Julie Mehretu. The second one is by South African Kay Hassan. And the last one here is by British-born, South African resident, Peter Eastman. And there are only 28 days till kick-off… pull out your flags and jerseys.
