pstrongThe court, the ball and the hoop Barkley Hendricks paints basketballstrongppThe third installment in Skira and Jack Shainman Gallery's five-volume overview of American artist Barkley L. Hendricks 1945-2017 explores the artist's relationship to basketball, which provided a significant source of artistic inspiration throughout his life. pIn his iBasketballi series, Hendricks applied his keen compositional sense and stylish use of color to depictions of the sport's essential elements hoops, nets, backboards and, of course, basketballs themselves. In one painting, the image of a basketball about to make its way into a hoop is repeated twice on a round canvas on another circular canvas, the iconic black ribs of a basketball are rendered in a bold orange to create a minimalistic yet instantly recognizable pattern. pA study in movement and geometry, Hendricks' paintings offer a uniquely compelling perspective on the sport as an artistic pursuit. This book's focus on this aspect of Hend