Artist Na Chainkua Reindorf has refurbished two basketball courts in Downtown Manhattan together with cosmetics brand Glossier, creating large-scale artworks to celebrate women in sport.
Building on a four-year-long partnership with the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Glossier teamed up with Reindorf, non-profit organisation Project Blackboard and the New York City Parks Department to redesign the basketball courts in Tompkins Square Park.
The Tompkins Square Park's basketball courts were revamped to show support for women in sports
Reindorf, who has previously starred in a campaign for Glossier, reimagined her artworks on a larger and more accessible scale for the collaboration.
She aimed to "add colour and excitement" to the neighbourhood, Reindorf said. To do so, the artist chose standout primary and selected complementary colours that would "enhance vibrancy and energy". The decision to incorporate orange was made early in the design process, as it is one of the official WNBA colours.
"I hope residents, visitors and basketball players alike can enjoy the refurbishment both as a functional court and as a piece of public artwork," Reindorf told Dezeen.
Na Chainkua Reindorf's colourful large-scale artwork pays homage to the WNBA
The basketball courts feature depictions of a stylised eye, a recurring symbol in Reindorf's work.
"The eye places emphasis on the act of looking back, reclaiming one's agency and expressing confid...