A shuttlecock lies on dark, textured ground. Its shadow is a silhouette of a Native American chief in a feathered headdress. Photorealistic.

A shuttlecock has fallen mid-game onto an oil-stained ground. Its white body contrasts sharply with the dark, polluted surface. But it’s the shadow that tells the real story: cast beneath it is not the shape of a shuttlecock, but the silhouette of a Native American chief’s head, crowned with a feathered headdress. The piece evokes a collision of play and power, sport and history, consumption and memory. By Azadeh Ghanbari See more