Roland-Garros unveiled this Wednesday morning the 44th poster in the history of the tournament.
Entitled “
Terre d'étoiles
”, it has the particularity of being the first to have been produced entirely in colored pencil.
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Through this work the artist wanted to represent the radiance of the tournament by highlighting the new Philippe Chatrier court bathed in a halo of light in a starry night of tennis balls.
He also wanted to leave a lot of room for imagination to allow all tennis fans to appropriate this poster
, ”we can read in the press release.
The young 31-year-old artist, Maxime Verdier, is "
the first artist to highlight the architectural lines of the Central court on a Roland-Garros poster.
The other strong markers of the Parisian Grand Slam are also present: the clay court in the foreground and the balls in the heart of the stars which twinkle in the sky of the Porte d'Auteuil.
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To discover
Roland Garros men's singles
Roland Garros single ladies
For the artist: "
This young girl in the stadium who looks in the distance at the great courts of Roland-Garros, I think it is a bit like the vision of these young people in the clubs who dream of touching this starry land of Roland- Garros and to be part of this constellation of great players.
It also underlies all the hard work that goes into becoming a professional player.
This poster shows that dreams can come true, but also all the steps necessary to get there.
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