Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe Creates the Soul of Boxing in “Hall of Fame”


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Boxing, as a subject in art, has an allure and a history. The poetry of the ring, and the elegant brutality of the physicality, draws painters in. Obviously, the likes of LeRoy Neiman and Geroge Bellows really contextualized an atmosphere around the sport, and in recent years, Alvin Armstrong and Jonas Wood have tackled the subject. Now, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, the brilliant painter from Ghana who is now based in the USA, has created a body of work, Hall of Fame, that puts boxing front and center but in a refreshing, almost religious, way. But separating the boxers from the ring, and capturing the deep legacy of boxing in Ghana as a reverential and historic act, Otis has captured both…

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