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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s “Fútbol Is Life” exhibit depicts some of the most iconic plays and political moments in the 95-year history of the FIFA World Cup with “humble” gum wrappers.

Artist Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and LACMA curator Britt Salvesen assembled 60 works, including 40 vignettes from past World Cups and four animated short films, among them the movie “Fútballet,” which re-creates 21 famous scenes on a 50-inch soccer pitch.

Read more at the link in @latimes_entertainment’s bio.
🎥: Jasmine Mendez / Los Angeles Times by @itsawrapper

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8 months ago

My Art Opening🎉⚽️🎉 Walk into the #WorldCup at the @lacma!! On Sunday February 15th please come and hang out on the pitch with me as we officially launch my show, #FútbolisLife, a micro epic timeline that highlights plays, personalities and politics of this beautiful game. Plus other #BlackHistory sportraits I’ve created!!

50 pieces in all
40 new dioramas
4 animated films
3 existing sculptures
2 inaugural giants
1 giant projection

325 individual sportraits in action!

Sunday February 15th, I’ll be there all day from 11am-7pm, so come by anytime in the afternoon. I can’t wait for y’all to see it!! Thanks e’rybody and @lacma fam!!❤️⚽️❤️ by @itsawrapper

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8 months ago

@nytimes culture and lifestyle scroll! #art #sports #culture #film #lifestyle #sculpture #contemporaryart #history #portrait #sportrait #miniature #life #stopmotion #animation #vfx #shotoniphone Thanks again!!💯🖼️💯 by @itsawrapper

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3 years ago

#CROSSING over to its new home at the @juneteenthmsm !! Thank you @drlaurencross @residencyart #kathiefoleymeyer. I hope you all enjoy this journey reel..🙏🏽🥹❤️🙏🏽 by @itsawrapper

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THANK YOU, EVERYONE!!! Friends, fam, neighbors, newbies and supporters who came out to see #FútbolIsLife ⚽️ at the @lacma. Was one helluva run!! If you missed it, I hope to catch you at the next one..😏 by @itsawrapper

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2 months ago

Spent an incredibly fun morning at the #GoodDayLA desk with @brookeonair @sandraendotv @araksyakarapetyan and @jennlahmers to talk about #FútbolIsLife coming to a close @lacma on July 26. Thank you so much, ladies.. You’re re the BEST!!🙏🏽🥹❤️⚽️🙏🏽 @foxla by @itsawrapper

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2 months ago

Was one helluva hang on the @nbcsnl stage with @nbcutelemundo and my #NYC crew!! Happy #WorldCup Sunday⚽️😎⚽️🏆⚽️ @nbcsnl @nbcutelemundo @verolaguera @carolyntb111 @gabriellehearst @shantell_martin @vlad06 @larryosseimensah @andrea.dorcely @creativearchitect @rockefellercenter by @itsawrapper

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2 months ago

After you watch the World Cup final, make your way to Fútbol is Life ↑

Crafted from gum wrappers, glue, paint, and other materials, these “sportraits” by Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr. (@itsawrapper) capture iconic historical moments in women’s and men’s soccer ⚽️

On view for one final week (!!!) visit the 🔗 in bio for more info taken in LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art by @itsawrapper

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Never considered myself a #Playmaker but hey, I’ll take it!!⚽️😄⚽️ Thanks so much @telemundo @telemundodeportes @nbcuniversal @rodneyreset @milanwrld @NBCUTelemundo 🙏🏽😎🙏🏽 by @itsawrapper

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3 months ago

I’m so honored to have been featured in a CBS Sunday Morning (@cbssundaymorning) segment celebrating some of the greatest moments in World Cup history.

One of my favorite parts of the experience was meeting the incredibly talented artist Lyndon Barrois (@itsawrapper). His work is thoughtful, powerful, and such a unique tribute to the global impact of the World Cup. If you’re in LA, his exhibition at LACMA (@lacma) is on view through July 26 and I can’t recommend it enough.

If you’re in town for the Spain 🇪🇸 vs. Belgium 🇧🇪 match, or just looking for a way to celebrate the World Cup, make time for a visit. It’s a beautiful reminder of how the game connects people through art, history, and culture.

Trust me - it’s well worth the trip. ⚽️🎨 by @itsawrapper

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3 months ago

“if i can’t play it, i’m going to sculpt it”

For Lyndon Barrois, the game started long before @lacma

As a kid in New Orleans, he began turning his mother’s discarded Wrigley’s gum wrappers into tiny figures, first as drivers for his Hot Wheels, then boxers, teams, athletes, whole worlds. The material was small, humble, almost nothing. But in his hands, foil and paper became movement, memory, and obsession.

Now, in Fútbol Is Life at LACMA, those one-inch figures carry nearly a century of soccer history, from iconic goals to protest, politics, joy, heartbreak, and the strange emotional charge of watching nations play through bodies.

FutureFine World Cup Edition with Lyndon Barrois. by @itsawrapper

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3 months ago

Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr. (@itsawrapper) talks to us about 19, featuring historic Black LA Rams players from 1946-2022 ↑

Currently on view in Fútbol Is Life, open through July 26 by @itsawrapper

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3 months ago