graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm
The latest drawing in the Project features as its subject Conny
Torstensson, who was represented in both the FKS & Panini ‘World Cup ‘74’
collectors’ sticker albums previewing & commemorating the tournament (the
former publication providing the original source material from which the ‘re-mediation’
proceeds in this instance), & subsequently selected as a member of the
official Sweden squad for the Finals, during which he went on to make 5
appearances, scoring once, the late winning goal in the Swedes’ last match,
against Yugoslavia (2 – 1).
Although his name was one that would emerge into consciousness within
the year, as a member of the Bayern Munich team that beat Leeds United in the
1975 European Cup Final, Torstensson’s is another of the great majority that would
not have registered during my experience of the television coverage of the 1974
World Cup.
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