Freeformdome
Aaron Young, American, born 1972
2003
Chromogenic color print
Overall: 48 × 60 in. (121.9 × 152.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ninah and Michael Lynne
2018.37.421
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
On view
Label
Like NDGT/#25, this photograph uses classical allusions to explore spectacle through performance in the public sphere. It captures the Yale men’s soccer team arranged to imitate a free-form dome—an architectural structure used to cover large spaces without the need for the columns often used to support sports arenas. The players spout arcs of blue Gatorade into one another’s mouths and are organized akin to a European fountain decorated with sculptures of young nude male figures. This performative act evokes a sense of homoerotism that pointedly departs from the socially conditioned heterosexual masculine stereotypes typically associated with men’s sports teams.
From the 2024 exhibition, A Space for Dialogue 117, Sports Culture: Gender, Belonging, and Nationhood, Madyson Buchalski '24, Conroy Intern
Course History
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
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
MoMA PS1, Greater New York 2005, Long Island City, March 13 - September 13, 2005
Provenance
Aaron Young, date unknown; Anonymous gift; given to present collection, 2018.
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