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Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno
still from Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait
2006
courtesy Friedrich Petzel Gallery
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WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson


Sports are not what you’d call a bohemian pastime. Athletes follow rules, beatniks scorn them. Sports speak to the crowd, art to the individual. Sports fans are fanatics, art lovers are blasé. Fans are followers, artists intrepid explorers. Jocks are dumb brutes with uncanny skills, while artists are . . .  whatever, you get the idea.

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