So much for art school. Their company, which grew into NFL Films, was born.
Steve Sabol, 67, says he looked at filming an NFL game as Picasso viewed art. "He was looking at a single image from multiple perspectives and from different moments in time," says Sabol, whose mother, Audrey, ran the Art Alliance on Rittenhouse Square and brought home such pop masters as Claes Oldenburg and Jasper Johns to dinner.
Sabol put his art tools away until 20 years ago, when NFL Films moved into a "huge building with white walls" in Mount Laurel, he says. "How many photographs of football players could I put up there?" Sabol started creating football-themed collages, which he dubbed "my own little Barnes exhibition."
For the first time, a Philly crowd will see his work. He's been accepted to exhibit June 26 and 27 at the Manayunk Arts Festival in Booth 193 as part of Garth Davidson Gallery's exhibits. The pieces sell for $1,000 to $2,000.
Schoolly D's new bag
Is the name Schoolly D too old-school? West Philly's Jesse B. Weaver Jr. - who picked up the name in the mid-1980s when he helped shape what became known as gangsta rap - has a new brand: International Supersport. It'll be attached to a line of clothing, a website, music videos, and his first album in 10 years. How did he pick the name? "I couldn't use just Supersport because a band had it. But I couldn't leave it alone," said Schoolly/Supersport, whose music is used on Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force. "I added International because I'm international. This will keep me going till 2025." Schoolly/Supersport just signed with Craig Kaplan's interactive marketing firm MilkBoy Communications, affiliated with MilkBoy Studios in Ardmore, where the album is being recorded. MilkBoy, incidentally, hopes to open a cafe/music venue at 11th and Chestnut Streets in Center City this summer.
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