Video: Oh, sport, you are the world! Statue of an angry Zidane at the Pompidou Center
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Sport not only unites people, but also quarrels them among themselves. Moreover, both the fans and the athletes themselves, between whom sometimes quite serious conflicts arise. The most famous of these completely unsportsmanlike confrontations is the headbutt that inflicted Zinedine Zidane in the chest Marco Materazzi in the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The sculpture is dedicated to this incident Adel Abdessemed, which appeared recently in the Paris Center Pompidou. Monumental sculptures can sometimes be completely unusual, deviating from the classical canons of this art form. Illustrative examples include giant snails from garbage bags that appeared on the streets of the French city of Angers, or a huge boy on a rocking horse, installed in Trafalgar Square in London.
And recently, one of the strangest and most unusual sculptures of our time appeared in the courtyard of the Pompidou Center. It was created by the Algerian artist Adel Abdessmed, and depicts this statue of Zinedine Zidane hitting his head in the chest of Marco Materazia.
Recall that this incident occurred at the end of the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, when an Italian player allowed himself obscene remarks concerning, presumably, the sister of a French footballer, and he did not find anything better than butting the offender.
This event is now captured by Adel Abdessmed in a monumental form. The sculpture depicting Zidane and Materatia is 4.27 meters high and is installed in one of the largest modern art venues, the Center Pompidou in Paris.
Adel Abdessmed himself says that in art it is customary to depict the moment of triumph, the moment of the brightest expression of the human personality. He decided to show a completely different side of a person - conflict, anger, vindictiveness.
This sculpture is presented as part of the personal exhibition of Adela Abdessmed, which will be held at the Pompidou Center from October 3, 2012 to January 7, 2013.
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