Framed Sneakers Art

A common school memory for many people is what kinds of shoes they used to wear as a kid. In school, the students don't wear leather business shoes or anything too formal; instead they wear ballet flats, sneakers, high-tops, low tops, combat boots, flip-flops, and much more. The framed sneakers art shown in the following paintings now doubt will bring some of you right back to middle school.

Have you ever had to wash and dry your sneakers? Elena Galimberti pictures two sneakers in “Stendimi” with the American flag printed on them, lazily drying on a clothesline in her framed sneakers art. One shoe is sagging in the wind, its laces dangling as they wait for their owner to tie them up again, while the other shoe is slightly higher. What happened to those shoes? They could have gotten muddy for the owner's mother to have to wash them. They could have been involved in a camping trip. Shoes have many stories to tell.