Having long played second fiddle to the Los Angeles Lakers , the neighboring Clippers are finally getting a home to call their own. An ambitious $2b USD home called the Intuit Dome. Nestled directly south of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the 18,000 seat arena looks to be a marquee sports and music destination within the U.
S. in the coming years, boasting the latest in cutting-edge technology, as well as a suite of specially commissioned artworks from some of the leading contemporary figures today. For the opening of Intuit, six artworks have been created on the exterior of the building, from murals and sculptures to digital installations.
LA-based artist Glenn Kaino tapped into the Clippers’ forgotten history for his sculptural installation, Sails . Unbeknownst to most fans, the LA Clippers were founded in 1970 as the Buffalo Braves. The team decided to move out west after a series of legal disputes with the neighboring Canisius Golden Griffins over the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, eventually landing in San Diego in 1978 and again heading up north to Los Angeles in 1984.
Inspired by the Clippers new rebrand, Kaino created a ship whose wooden beams are each basketball courts with varying shapes, colors and graphics. “I was inspired by the idea that basketball is such a wind behind cultural sails,” Kaino told the New York Times . “I thought about honoring the global connectivity of basketball and also the delightful ingenuity that people have in their determination to play.
