Hoop Dreams collage print by Gerard McDonagh, showing a basketball player and the Earth above a hoop against a cosmic background, shown with a white mount.

"Hoop Dreams" - Collaged Print

A4 / Print only
£30.00
£30.00
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Hoop Dreams collage print by Gerard McDonagh, showing a basketball player and the Earth above a hoop against a cosmic background, shown with a white mount.
  • Hoop Dreams collage print by Gerard McDonagh, showing a basketball player and the Earth above a hoop against a cosmic background, shown with a white mount.
  • Hoop Dreams collage print by Gerard McDonagh, showing a basketball player and the Earth above a hoop against a cosmic background, shown with a white mount.
"Hoop Dreams" - Collaged Print

"Hoop Dreams" - Collaged Print

£30.00
£30.00
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Presentation

  • Hoop dreams is a collage print that combines sport, ambition and myth-making through surreal scale and impossible space. A basketball player is frozen mid-air, arm raised, holding the Earth like a ball as he drives toward the hoop. The court dissolves into a cosmic backdrop, turning a familiar sporting moment into something epic and absurd.

    The work plays with ideas of aspiration and pressure — the literal weight of the world resting on a single action. There is confidence and humour here, but also tension, as the leap feels both triumphant and precarious. Sport becomes performance, and performance becomes symbolism.

    By placing a human figure against the vastness of space, Hoop dreams reflects on ambition, ego and belief. It is about reaching beyond limits, even when the scale of the task feels impossibly large.

    Produced as an open edition mounted giclee, this print has strong visual impact and works especially well in contemporary interiors where energy and narrative matter.

    Print details

    • Archival pigment print on heavyweight Hahnemühle fine-art paper, from an original collage

    • Made by the artist

    • Open edition

    • Signed by the artist

    • Slight variations may occur due to the hands-on process

    Size

    • Available in four sizes, including A2

    • Select your preferred size from the dropdown menu

    Frame options

    Delivery & timing

    Unframed mounted giclee prints usually arrive within 7–10 working days. Each print is packed flat between protective foam core and two outer layers of card before being sent by UK signed tracked delivery.

    UK print delivery is £19.95, with free UK print delivery on print orders over £70.

    Framed prints are made to order and usually take 3–4 weeks. They are glazed with picture glass and are not available for postal delivery. Framed prints are available for free studio collection, or free local hand delivery within 5 miles of the Bravespears studio on framed orders over £50.

    Bravespears currently ships within the UK only through the online shop. International customers are welcome to contact studio@bravespears.com to discuss possible delivery for unframed prints, clothing or stationery. Framed prints are not available for international delivery.

Mounted open-edition print: A4 (210 × 297 mm paper; 300 × 400 mm mount) £45; A3 (297 × 420 mm paper; 400 × 500 mm mount) £75; A2 (420 × 594 mm paper; 500 × 700 mm mount) £110. Supplied mounted and unframed, ready for framing. Frames are not offered.

Paper: Archival pigment print on heavyweight Hahnemühle fine-art paper.

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