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This Social Media Account Finds Fine Art Pieces That Match Sports Scenes

modern met août 25, 2023

This Social Media Account Finds Fine Art Pieces That Match Sports Scenes

For many, art and sports are almost opposites. One is elegant, academic, and contemplative, while the other is rowdy, sometimes aggressive, and definitely loud. But a clever social media account is making a visual connection between the two, revealing just how similar they can be. Art But Make It Sports takes some sports images and expertly matches them with an uncannily similar artwork, with hilarious results.

The account is run by LJ Rader, who surprisingly doesn't rely on AI to find matching images. He simply sees a great image and pairs it with art he's seen. A good amount of his combos rely on a similar pose, like an image of Shohei Ohtani looking upset after tearing his UCL and a similarly somber-looking sculpture by Jean-Antoine Houdon. His funniest combinations are those that find a similar composition, a shared expression, or a common motif.

Among the most fascinating aspects of Rader's work is that his portfolio includes an extensive variety of both sports and art styles. One day he may be matching the exact moment Novak Djokovic breaks his tennis racquet with Dalí's The Persistence of Memory, and in another he may match a save from the U.S. Male National Team goalie with a Raphael painting. Not limiting himself to traditional media, he also compares a baseball player running into a fence with an installation of a taxidermy horse embedded into a wall.

Though Rader already has a deep archive of sports and art comparisons, competitions rarely stop around the world, so you never know where the next funny image could come from. Ultimately, by marrying art and sports, this project reminds how they are both spectacles to lift us up, or at least keep us entertained for a while.

To stay up to date with Art But Make It Sports, you can follow it on Instagram and Twitter.

Art But Make It Sports takes some examples of sports photography and expertly matches them with an uncannily similar artwork, with hilarious results.

The account is run by LJ Rader, who surprisingly doesn't rely on AI to find matching images. He simply sees a great image and connects it to art he's seen.

A good amount of his combos rely on a similar pose, like this image of Shohei Ohtani looking upset after tearing his UCL and a similarly somber-looking sculpture by Jean-Antoine Houdon.

His funniest combinations are those who find a similar composition, a shared expression, or a common motif.

Among the most fascinating aspects of Rader's work is that his portfolio includes an extensive variety of both sports and art styles.

Though Rader already has a deep archive of sports and arts comparisons, competitions rarely stop around the world, so you never know where the next funny image could come from.

Ultimately, by marrying art and sports, this project reminds how they are both spectacles to lift us up, or at least keep us entertained for a while.

Art But Make It Sports: Website | Instagram | Twitter

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READ: This Social Media Account Finds Fine Art Pieces That Match Sports Scenes

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