The Sports Show –– Minneapolis Institute of Art https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/the-sports-show
February 19, 2012 – May 13, 2012 | Target Gallery (admission charged) | Ticketed Exhibition – on sale now! This exhibition explores the role of photography and media (television, video, and digital technology) in transforming sports from a casual leisure activity into a spectacle of mass participation. Media imagery has moved sports into the public sphere. Since the 1960s, the marriage of major college and professional sports (especially basketball, baseball, football, and soccer) with television and expanding media platforms has radically altered the nature of sports, athletes’ cultural standing and fans’ participation
will examine how certain photographs and media works have