Forget Fauvism. This is Favreism.
by Jaime Lowe
August 8, 2005

"...The piece would be a shrine to every second of Favre's career as a Green Bay starter—a pulsating monument to, among other things, perfect attendance."



Ball in Flight and other Jock Art
by Warren St. John
June 19, 2005

"...Perhaps the most ambitious piece by a sports artist — the equivalent of Christo's "Gates" — is a project planned by Mr. Laun, called "The Favre Era Video Cyclorama..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/fashion/sundaystyles/19SPORT.html?pagewanted=1


'Favre Era Cyclorama' loops legends career
by Bob Wolfely
March 1, 2005

"...New York artist and curator wants to memorialize Brett Favre's career and record of consecutive starts in an unusual manner..."
http://www.jsonline.com/packer/news/mar05/305986.asp

 


Review of the exhibition "Upon Further Review: Looking at Sports in Contemporary Art" curated by Tim Laun
Review by Grace Glueck

"...Upon Further Review" (a title taken from a football referee's mandate to reconsider a controversial call after watching its instant replay on television) makes a refreshing change from the rah rah of much sports depiction..."



13th Annual International Panorama Conference
New York City, Nov. 12-14, 2004

Tim Laun attended the conference last year in New York City, and is invited to be a speaker at the conference next year in Shenyang, China.
www.panoramapainting.com

 

Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
Catalogue excerpt:

"Tim Laun's tribute to Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers football team, Favre Era Cyclorama (2004), suggests the ultimate in sports fandom: a 360-degree video installation, which allows Favre enthusiast to relive their hero's career in a continuous timeline..."
www.friezeartfair.com

 

Wisconsin native envisions Favre's games streak as high art
By Sean Schultz, May 31, 2004
"...Laun sees his concept ... as "a monument to celebrate Favre's accomplishments and the whole era." It's a monument, too, to kids like Laun, the Kiel boy who grew up, like thousands of other Wisconsinites, reserving Sunday afternoons and Monday nights for Packers games..."

http://greenbaypressgazette.packersnews.com/print/print_16242220.shtml

 

The Williamsburg Art Crawl
by Keane A. Pepper, May 2004
"Laun also has [made] the ultimate shrine to Brett Farve planned that only a cheesehead could truly understand... The small installation proposal is so absurdly serious that it should probably happen... It's just so goddamned strange and unpretentious that it works wonderfully."
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/may_2004/artcrawl.html

 

New York Press, Vol. 17, No. 18, May 5, 2005
"There are more Green Bay Packers fans in New York than many people would care to admit. Brooklyn-based artist Tim Laun is one of those fans‹but he wasn't content to just watch the games. He's created a multimedia shrine to Packers star quarterback Brett Favre that he hopes will one day be installed at the Hall of Fame. The exhibit's centerpiece is a continuous, 360-degree video display of Favre's record-breaking [200+] consecutive games. It's not just about football, though‹at its heart the shrine deals with consumerism, obsession and all those other arty things as well."
http://www.nypress.com/17/18/listings/thisweek.cfm?page=8&last=7

 

The New York Times, Friday, April 19, 2002
Art Guide, by Holland Cotter

"...Conceptually, Mr. Laun's point of view is small-town verging on cosmic."

 






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