Gianna Dispenza
Flop Calls , 2025
Oil and acrylic on newsprint in artist’s frame
37.5 × 32 cm
In Flop Calls, the ordered grid of the New York Times serves as a formal counterpoint to the almost theatrical fluidity of bodies in motion. The work investigates the 'crack'...
In Flop Calls, the ordered grid of the New York Times serves as a formal counterpoint to the almost theatrical fluidity of bodies in motion. The work investigates the "crack" in the masculine code of conduct through athletic movement, represented here in a sequence of falls and heightened physical contacts. Dispenza transforms the athletic action into an inquiry into the construction of masculinity: a field of research where "contact"—both physical and emotional—stops being a deviation and becomes the primary language through which a man communicates his existence.
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