Gold Boxer
Gold Boxer
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Description
Faux-gold leaf silhouette of a boxer, an image taken from a common matchbox found in Cameroon, is burnished directly onto the wall of the gallery.
Statement
The golden boxeur is ready to fight but is frozen. The image is precious. From its vantage it oversees all the other works in the installation. It echos an identical silhouette cut from a roll of tracing paper that hangs as a wall at the entrance of the exhibition.
Exhibition
Le boxeur se prépare, ses vêtements attendent dans la salle, Espace Doual'art, Douala, Cameroon. 1999. Curator: Marilyn Douala Bell et Didier Schaub.
Related Documents
The common matchbox found in Cameroon, which was the source of the boxer silhouette in the work Le boxeur se prépare.
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