Clearly there are challenges in placing the two adjacent, not least for the symbology of war and the counter-complexity of sports rhetoric. Sport is mostly, to art, a kitschy parade of quasi-religious and pseudo-masculine enactments. This present article is concerned with the artistic possibility of the athletic gesture freed of concerns relating to commercial hang-ups of popular sports culture and entertainment. It would be pacifying to criticise and attempt to settle some differences, but I won’t be hosting my concurrent friendship groups anytime soon. ![]() ![]() Jesse Yates, son of former professional cyclist Sean Yates prepares his bike before a local town circuit race in Roeselare, Belgium. ![]() The smallness and repetitiveness of the athletic pursuit is its essence.
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