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Marcos was one of 10 players to be featured in the “Lights On” art exhibition at last week’s Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha. The collection featured paintings by Latvian artist Ritums Ivanovs and was organised by Ernests Gulbis’ sister, Elina Gulbe.
Other players to be featured in the exhibition were Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Robin Soderling, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Verdasco and Gulbis.
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Through his collection, Ivanovs hoped to reveal a glimpse of the individuality of the players and their personalities. The young artist, whose work was sold for the first time at Sotheby’s London in June 2009, strived for a mixture of photographic realism and impressionist-like brush strokes to achieve an accurate depiction of light and movement, which he hopes will draw the viewers’ attention to “the shimmering and bright light of the tennis court, which focuses on each player’s unique side and emotional state.”
