Match Point - curated by Natalie Slater

A curation by Natalie Slater, Curator at Singulart - In this curatorial selection, tennis becomes less a subject than a way of looking. Some works approach the game directly through players, courts, and moments of play. Others arrive through color, line, geometry, or the quiet architecture of the court itself. Seen together, these recurring elements begin to connect works that otherwise belong to very different visual languages. Blue, green, and white move from representation to abstraction. A painted surface can suggest a court just as easily as an overhead photograph or the close-up of a net. The game is present, but never confined to a single image. Rather than illustrating tennis, these artists draw attention to its visual vocabulary—its measured spaces, sharp boundaries, repeated forms, and moments of stillness between movement. What emerges is a conversation shaped as much by composition as by sport, where familiar references give way to unexpected connections.

17 Artworks

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