Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play

Oct. 12, 2024 – Aug. 31, 2025

Zanvyl A. Krieger Main Building

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Untitled by Manuel Bauman

Collection of Ted Frankel and Bill Gilmore

Brooks Yeomans (Photo by Dan Meyers)

Wrestling at the Charlotte Coliseum. 1999. Acrylic on canvas. Gift of Linda and Grey Carter.

Toni Stone by Morgan Monceaux

Courtesy of New Door Creative

Fun at Grandmother's House, Lisa Cain

Courtesy of the Artist

Michael Jordan, by Don Shull

Courtesy of the Elephant Gallery/Emily Dorio.

Cat on Unicycle by Jake McCord

Gift of Pete Cecere

On-Deck Circle

Tom Wilborn

New York, New York, by Benny Carter.

Photo by Dan Meyers.

Yogi Berra, by George Sosnak

Photo by Ed Pollard. Courtesy of the Chrysler Museum.

Backgammon Set, by Deborah Berger

Photo by Dan Meyers.

Mantis on a Bicycle, by Don Shull.

Courtesy of the Elephant Gallery/Emily Dorio.

Father Time Racing, by Elijah Pierce.

Image courtesy of the Columbus Museum of Art.

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Top Image: C.W. Conner. Men Playing Checkers.
1997. Latex paint on tin. Gift of Joseph and Janet Shein.

On View

About the Exhibition

AVAM’s 29th Mega-exhibit investigates humanity’s enduring preoccupation with sports - from the Coliseum to the backyard - to arrive at a better comprehension of our human nature. Herein we praise the capacity of sports to impart important ethical lessons of fairness and civility, such as being a gracious winner and never a sore loser.

ARTISTS

Mary Proctor
Don Shull
Morgan Monceaux
Jess Owens-Young
Herman Williams III
Tom Tarrer
Lisa Cain
Deborah Berger
LaVon Van Williams
Andrea Badami
Reverend Albert Wagner
Woodie Long
John Root Hopkins
Benny Carter
C.W. Conner
Brooks Yeomans
Jake McCord
John Abduljaami
George Sosnak
Eddie Arning
Kambel Smith
Manuel Bauman
Daniel Aculiak
Tom Wilborn
Tom Duncan