Perhaps it’s no surprise that on the 50th anniversary of the iconic Muhammad Ali-George Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle,” the historic and memorable boxing match in Kinshasa, Zaire, the Norton Museum of Art brings Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing, an exhibit showcasing artistic representations of the sport of boxing.
The title comes from a poem by Gabriele Tinti inspired by the ancient Greek sculpture Seated Boxer, in the National Museum of Rome.
The exhibit, on view through March 9, is a collaboration with New York galleries, The FLAG Art Foundation and The Church, and brings 60 new works and pieces by Hernan Bas, Amoako Boafo, Katherine Bradford, Zoë Buckman, Rosalyn Drexler, Jeffrey Gibson, Allegra Pacheco and Gary Simmons to South Florida. A companion book is also available. [...]
[...] Also noteworthy is a large 2014 charcoal drawing by New York artist Shaun Leonardo of Mike Tyson titled Champ; an acrylic-and-silkscreen painting of Muhammad Ali, created by Andy Warhol in 1978; and a conceptual painting titled Weekly Pillow Fight Tournament by Hernan Bas, showing two young boys on a poster bed, symbolizing the boxing ring, in the sixth round of a pillow fight, feathers flying in the air.
