graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm
Today’s subject to be drawn from the random-generator features Jan
Jongbloed, the source of whose image is, it must be admitted, the first of one
of the few ‘cheats’ that will be employed over the course of the project, as
his is one of those names vividly remembered from the time, from the televised
experience of the 1974 World Cup, that appeared in neither the FKS or Panini
sticker albums published to anticipate/celebrate/commemorate the event, thus
necessitating research to find a constructed ‘original’ from which to make the
enlarged photocopy that serves as the drawing’s immediate visual reference, the
photographic image incorporated within being of a suitable vintage to accord
with those upon the genuine sources from the albums themselves.
The inclusion of Jongbloed in the Holland squad for the finals seems a
genuine wild card, for he had appeared for the national team but twice before,
in a friendly against Argentina immediately prior to the World Cup &,
previous to that, as a substitute in a match against Denmark way back in 1962
(indeed, it is a remarkable feature that the three goalkeepers in the ’74 Dutch
squad had ‘amassed’ a mere 11 caps between them up to the time of the
competition, what appears frightening international inexperience for an event
of such magnitude), although, as first-choice ‘keeper, he went on to play in
all 7 of the Dutch’s teams matches on their way to the Final (hence the
memorability attached to the name).
Returning to the present & the 2014 World Cup, this drawing was processed to the nail-bitingly thrilling accompaniment of our favourite 'Celeste' - Uruguay's - 2 - 1 victory over England: great stuff, & a match for our other favourite Italy's win against the same opponents.
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