Barkley L. Hendricks: Basketball 

Author: Barkley L. Hendricks, Terry R. Myers
Publisher: Skira
Year: 2020
Pages: 96
ISBN: 978-8857241487

The court, the ball and the hoop: Barkley Hendricks paints basketball.

In his Basketball series, Hendricks applied his keen compositional sense and stylish use of color to depictions of the sport’s essential elements: hoops, nets, backboards and, of course, basketballs themselves. In one painting, the image of a basketball about to make its way into a hoop is repeated twice on a round canvas; on another circular canvas, the iconic black ribs of a basketball are rendered in a bold orange to create a minimalistic yet instantly recognizable pattern.

A study in movement and geometry, Hendricks’ paintings offer a uniquely compelling perspective on the sport as an artistic pursuit.