Art meets basketball at show
Who ever said the jocks and the art kids have nothing in common?
Gus Gauntlett, a local artist and graduate of Homestead High in Cupertino, creates works in which sports and art collide.
An avid basketball player and artist who majored in film studies at UC Santa Barbara, Gauntlett is the curator of an upcoming show at the Sunnyvale Art Gallery called “Hoops Love,” which will have an opening reception Saturday.
The show, which will feature more than 10 artists, will tell of how a love of basketball and art can be combined to create a genre all its own. A local youth basketball program called Top Flight Elite will be involved as well to encourage young people in Santa Clara County to get involved in the sport.
The main focus of the exhibit is a 13-foot sculpture by Gauntlett made of welded metal and basketballs. Other works in the exhibit include a portrait of Michael Jordan, a painting signed by Steph Curry and basketball-themed chains and medallions.
Gauntlett is still searching for a home for the sculpture and hopes to place it in a local gym — maybe even Homestead High’s.
Two students from Homestead High are contributing works to the show as well. All works of art at the show are for sale, and proceeds go to Sunnyvale Art Gallery. The gallery is at 251 W. El Camino Real.