Conceptual art exhibit on the occasion of the European Football Championship 2008 by Ilona Griss-Schwärzler and Martin Stock (mashART).

Football is one of the most popular and widely spread sports in the world. According to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) the sport is played by over 265 Mill. people in over 200 countries. 38 Million of them play in 325,000 organized clubs.

One must understand football, apart from the game, as a positive cultural, historical, social, and especially a socio-political phenomenon.








The Anglo-Welsh TV documentary Y Bêl Gelfydd (The Artful Ball)
– many thanks to Geraint Ellis, Cwmni Da/S4C.

Catalogue raisonné
Duel, Dribble, Pass, Counterattack (2007); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Fancy Footwork / R / I-IV (2007); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
A Training Run I-III (2007/08); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Fancy Footwork / G / I-IV (2007); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
The Ball Guide I-III (2007/08); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Fancy Footwork / O / I-IV (2007/08); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Concentrate on Playing I-IV (2007); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Local Derby I-V (2007/08); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Fancy Footwork / LG / I-IV (2007/08); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Join the Game I-IV (2007/08); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Sporting Spirit I-IV (2007/08); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Last Man Standing I-III (2007/08); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Hotspur I-II (2007); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Push Forward (2007); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint
Line of Defence (2008); pigment prints, hand-finished with paint

Catalogue (german) “4-4-2” (PDF – 6 MB)fileadmin/downloads/Katalog_4-4-2_mashART.pdf