Patty Carroll, Kick It, 2024
Split Second
Jorge Pineda, Eli Durst, Geoff Winningham, Patty Carroll, & Tay Butler
Split Second celebrates artists whose work engages the world of sports and athletic culture during FIFA’s World Cup festivities in Houston.
Opening on Thursday, June 18, in HCP’s HOU Gallery—an exhibition space dedicated to Houston-area and Texas photographers—Split Second explores the drama, spectacle, and ritual of sports.
The exhibiting artists will join HCP for an opening reception on Thursday, June 18, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM CST.
Featured artists include:
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Eli Durst, whose photographs of cheerleaders and wrestlers examine the performative and communal aspects of American culture, capturing moments of intensity and vulnerability.
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Geoff Winningham, whose documentation of high school football reveals the traditions, pageantry, and physical demands of the sport.
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Jorge Pineda, whose lucha libre images celebrate the sport’s narrative foundation, the social dynamics of play and spectatorship, and the intimate tension of one-on-one competition.
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Patty Carroll, known for her meticulously staged photographic tableaux, explores feminine identity, aspiration, and material culture through a surreal domestic scene that engages the aesthetics of soccer.
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Tay Butler, whose collaged compositions fuse basketball imagery with ancient Greek statuary, using fragmentation to critique the idolization of athletes in American culture and examine how it intersects with Blackness, masculinity, and spectacle.
Together, these artists present diverse perspectives on sport as both a physical endeavor and a cultural phenomenon. Through documentary observation, conceptual inquiry, and staged imagery, Split Second considers the fleeting moments that define competition and the broader narratives that surround athletic participation.