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Bárbara Sánchez-Kane and Jorge Campos: Brody

Bárbara Sánchez-Kane wearing a black suit
Jorge Campos holding a trophy on a football pitch
Art / Football 

About the artwork

Meet Brody – a flamboyant mascot designed by Mexican artist and fashion designer Bárbara Sánchez-Kane and inspired by legendary goalkeeper Jorge Campos. Drawing from Campos’ acrobatic playing style, self-designed neon kits, and off-field passion for surfing, Brody is both a tribute to and a celebration of the irreverent spirit and visual flamboyance of 1990s Mexican football.

Brody is clad in bold geometric patterns and bright colours and, reflecting Campos’ persona and blending sport with irreverence and humour. Designed by Sánchez-Kane, who is known for playfully challenging traditional ideas of masculinity, Brody becomes a kind of ceremonial figure – full of contradictions, excess and a sense of camp.

With Brody, Sánchez-Kane extends his existing practice at the intersection of fashion, performance and sculpture. Every detail, from his oversized jerseys to good-luck charms, goalkeeper gloves to Acapulco huaraches, becomes part of a visual spell – echoing the way Campos transformed the football pitch into a stage of self-expression. Like Campos himself – a player who broke conventions by switching from goalkeeper to striker mid-game – Brody is a shapeshifter, a trickster and a living emblem of defiant style.

About the collaborators

Jorge Campos

Jorge Campos is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, notably for Mexico in the 1990s and early 2000s. Campos was an eccentric player, known for his constant play outside the penalty area –often functioning as a sweeper-keeper, as well as his acrobatic, risky, and flamboyant style of goalkeeping, and his colourful playing attire. His main strengths as a goalkeeper were his leaping ability, athleticism, and speed when rushing off his line, as well as his ability to organize his defense, which enabled him to overcome his short stature. He was regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation. Campos also made for an effective striker, an example of versatility that is rarely seen in football. In total, he scored 35 goals throughout his career, scoring all but one while playing for UNAM. His trademark, self-designed bright kits contributed to his popularity

Bárbara Sánchez-Kane

Bárbara Sánchez-Kane challenges traditional notions of mexicanidad and its relationship with gender through his concept of the macho sentimental. Using fashion, performance, painting and installation, he explores the anxieties of daily life, questioning pleasure and power within a hegemonic masculine society. Sánchez-Kane’s art critiques both local and global conversations about identity, power and gender. His work was presented in solo and group international exhibitions including at: 60th Venice Biennale, Venice (2024); kurimanzutto, New York (2023);  Okayama Art Summit, Japan (2022); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2020); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2019).

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