NDGT / SKY #25

Label

This photograph is from a larger collection focusing on gymnastic skill and training as it relates to the mind, body, and soul. It celebrates these two male athletes’ muscular bodies and the impressive control, coordination, and skill achieved in this complicated aerial pose reminiscent of Adam and God on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Gazing into each other’s eyes, the men introduce aspects of homoeroticism that challenge the heteronormative masculinity often interwoven with sports culture.

How does this work’s presentation of masculinity differ from that of Prize Fighter and His Lady?

From the 2024 exhibition, A Space for Dialogue 117, Sports Culture: Gender, Belonging, and Nationhood, Madyson Buchalski '24, Conroy Intern

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 117, Sports Culture: Gender, Belonging, and Nationhood, Madyson Buchalski '24, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 9 - May 5, 2024

Provenance

The artists, London, England; sold to Nancy and Thomas O'Neil III, Baltimore, Maryland, August 18, 2005; given to present collection, 2014.

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