- Venue
- The National Football Museum
- Starts
- Thursday, January 23, 2014
- Ends
- Monday, March 31, 2014
- Address
- Urbis Building Cathedral Gardens Manchester M4 3BG
- Location
- North West England
‘Bayerns’, ‘Tranquilayers’, ‘Universo Collunteen’ and ‘Pointeso’ may sound like international football teams but in fact belong to a fictional football super league.
The Sporting League was formed in 1985 when Renshaw developed an interest in the production of league tables and statistics.
Since 2002, the artist has transcribed the resulting data using biro on paper from each season, thus reflecting a lifelong archive of hopes, fears and dreams. The champions of 2011 – 2012 season were Pointeso.
The league is currently located in the 2012-2013 season. Pointeso are currently at the top of the table.
Renshaw works in various media in which drawing forms a pivotal component. He researches the relationship between drawing, its broad application as a tool for communication and its ability to resonate on an intuitive level. His practice is responsive to questioning and examining perceived boundaries between fiction, reality and imagination. His ongoing research draws partially on Marc Augue’s analysis of modern life as highlighted in Non-Places, An Introduction to Supermodernity.’ (1995).
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