{"id":30045,"date":"2017-09-28T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T05:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gucki.it\/?p=30045\/"},"modified":"2017-09-22T11:51:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T09:51:43","slug":"basketball-courts-transformed-into-colorful-abstract-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gucki.it\/en\/art-design-en\/basketball-courts-transformed-into-colorful-abstract-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball courts transformed into colorful abstract paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art meets sports.<\/strong> This is the beautiful initiative by the USA\u00a0Project Backboard<\/a> association restyling basketball courts that require care and transforms them into works of art thanks to collaborations with various artists.<\/p>\n

The last one is the Kinloch Park park in the suburbs of St. Louis. The artist involved in this project is William LaChance, an American artist who creates colorful and large-format paintings.<\/p>\n

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William LaChance, Kyoto. Saatchi Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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William LaChance, Boxelder. Saatchi Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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William LaChance, Kyoto. Saatchi Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A basketball field is a huge white canvas<\/strong> where creativity takes giant sizes and is also visible from Google Earth!<\/p>\n

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William LaChance, Kinloch Park. Photo by Daniel Peterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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William LaChance, Kinloch Park. Photo by Daniel Peterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The art side exists to create the energy and excitement that\u2019s going to cause this park to actually become a center of community interaction\u2014it\u2019s the glue that brings everyone together around a court.”\u00a0Daniel Peterson, Project Backboard founder<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nick Dahlen, Lewis-Davis Park, Memphis. Photo by Daniel Peterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nina Chanel Abney, Chichasaw Park, Memphis. Photo by Daniel Peterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Anthony Lee, Pierotti Park, Memphis. Photo by Daniel Peterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many artists have already collaborated with this beautiful project reinventing \u00a0basketball around the US. Cities seen from above can save wonderful surprises!<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Art meets sports. This is the beautiful initiative by the USA\u00a0Project Backboard association restyling basketball courts that require care and transforms them into works of art thanks to collaborations with various artists. The last one is the Kinloch Park park in the suburbs of St. Louis. The artist involved in this project is William LaChance, an American artist who creates colorful and large-format paintings.   A basketball field is a huge white canvas where creativity takes giant sizes and is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[638,693,618],"class_list":["post-30045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-design-en","tag-arte-en","tag-colori-en","tag-design-en"],"yoast_head":"\nBasketball courts transformed into colorful abstract paintings<\/title>\n<meta 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