Hemingway vs. Hemingway

Chez Guillaume

"Boxing provides a rich ropic for photography: each boxer's gesture and each moment of the match contains a curious drama worth ready to be seized upon. The twenty photographers of this exhibition made no mistake about that.
Notably, Philippe Bordas, Bruno Charoy, Philippe Loppareli, Jean Marc Fiess not to mention ?our? talented Bertrand Desprez."

An exhibiton at l'espace Guillaume, Paris, last year.

Michael Kutsch

Pigboxer, illustration.

Delilah Montoya

Jackie Chavez, 2006, photography

Delilah Montoya was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1955. Art is synonymous with her quest to define herself as a Chicana living the perpetual tensions of a minority woman in the United States. Committed to exploring her Hispanic roots, Montoya has explored the icons of New Mexico, including the religious heritage of her "penitente" grandfather from the Las Vegas area. Her art weaves together her spiritual, political and emotional visions. Many of her images are intriguing assemblages comprised of painting, printmaking and photography.

http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/exhibitions/delilahmontoya/womenboxers/delilahmontoya.htm

http://www.flipkart.com/women-boxers-delilah-montoya-maria/1558854754-8rx3fsn2jf

http://oneartworld.com/Magnan+Emrich+Contemporary/Laura+Aguilar+_26+Delilah+Montoya.html

(Thanks to Ariana Hernandez-Reguant)

France Mitrofanoff

French, Professeur à l'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Décoratifs.
http://www.mitrofanoff.net/

Damien Odoul

Affiche, 2008, 120 cm x 80 cm.

French.

http://www.damienodoul.com/

Davey Moore in Sculpture

I recently received the last issue of Islas Magazine, a Cuban Negro themed publication that brings an interesting interview of Elio Ruiz, a U. S. based Cuban filmmaker with Ultiminio Ramos, whose unforgettable career was always haunted by other boxers deaths and destiny.

Wandering the boxweb I have found these pictures of the sculpted image of Davey Moore, the guy who Ramos didn't kill.

Mike Major, Statue of Davey Moore.

Moore, after the fight.

Sentado por el trompon de Ultiminio

Geraldine Moore, the widow of boxing champion Davey Moore, stares up at the bigger-than-life sculpture of her late husband after it was unveiled at the studio of artist Mike Major Monday. Major is in the background, at left, talking to Moore's family.

La entrevista de Ruiz a Ultiminio en Islas (pdf):
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/islas/Spanish/v4n12-pdf/65-67.pdf

In English:
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/islas/English/v4n12-pdf/65-67.pdf

Martin y Sicilia

El Combate, 2006, Instalation, acrylic on wood, variable size.

José Martin (1974) and Javier Sicilia (1971), born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

http://galeriesaupe.com/artists/represented/martin-y-sicilia/vita.html

Antonio Monroy

Naci en Toluca Edo. de Mex. Artista Visual. Actualmente me encuentro trabajando en reflexionar acerca de la relación estrecha entre vida-arte-energía-alegría-deporte (boxeo) buscando la reflexión de todos estos elementos sobre el dibujo. Estudios profesionales, UAEMor (cuernavaca), UAEMex (toluca) UABC (tijuana).

http://antoniomonroy.blogspot.com/2008/12/combates-tj.html

Manuel L. Acosta

Boxeo, oil on canvas, 65 cm x 75 cm.

Born in Malaga, Spain, 1944.

www.interarteonline.com/ManuelL_Acosta.htm

Lamberto

Boxer Study, scratchboard color.

American illustrator. He has worked for The Washington Post, The San Jose Mercury News, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, The Dallas Morning News, The Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Boston Globe and Arte Publico Press. Lives and works in Southlake, Texas

Patrice Brisbois

Boxing 4,
oil on canvas19 11/16 x 25 5/8 inches(50 x 65 cm.)


"I conceive the practice of art as a matter of ethics and a way to give a positive meaning to my own vision of the world, with all due modesty. The mediums, drawing first, painting, sculpture, are gifts given to us by nature, which we use in our everyday work, by paying tribute to the greatness of everything living on our planet, created for the love of itself and must be celebrated."

French, born 1945.

http://www.artistregister.com/brisbois.html

Tom Payne

Boxer 6.

American. Lives and works in Napa Valley, CA.

http://www.eyeballpress.com/artschool.htm

Sally Davies

Marciano (The Boxing Painting Series).

Canadian.

http://www.postartgroup.com/galls/sal/sal.html

Boxing Gloves Painting (Painting Boxing Gloves)

Dundas West's iconic boxing gloves at Bloor Street Boxing & Fitness, Toronto, Canada, are solid red again. Harsh winters and UV rays had taken it's toll. Chipping paint and uneven colors had plagued the gloves for a number of years.

more images:

http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/05/what_do_you_reckon/

Leslie Parke

Breath, 1999, oil on canvas

http://www.leslieparke.com/boxing.html

Jacqui Phillips

British.

The Main Event

Mary Crittenden

Acrylic on Illustration Board 16.5" x 12"

Mary began painting before she was seven years old. Her father brought home enamel paints from work. Although these didn’t work too well, she did the best she could with the tools and talent she had to work with. Mary was hooked. She continued painting through high school where her teachers encouraged her to try for art scholarships; And so it went.
Now, as a middle-aged adult, Mary Crittenden is still painting. The enamel was replaced long ago with acrylics and oils, and the subjects in her paintings are so life-like they almost look like soft photographs. In fact, her paintings have a three dimensional appearance because of her expertise in handling depth perception. Mary has always enjoyed old photographs for the feelings they evoke of a more leisurely era. “I try to make them come alive,” she explains. Her flair for telling visual tales, her sense of design, and her love of color has led to Mary’s current focus: using bright, almost impressionistic oils to make historical snapshots as fresh as if they had been photographed today.

http://www.spiritualart.com/

Cabia patriótica from Zoé's blog

Zoé postea un dibujo cabiopatriótico de hace unos meses. Lo apoyo con una mascarita más reciente aún. Saludos a la Unión Zoética y todo el pandillón de París.

Rocky Balboa Statue

Rocky is a film icon, sports legend, and American hero. In 1980, for the film Rocky III, an immense bronze statue was created in honor of the boxer, which later became a permanent fixture outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
27 years later, the artist that gave life to the original bronze statue has returned to create a smaller, collectible version of his masterpiece. Sideshow Collectibles is proud to bring you the 20-inch Rocky Statue, created and manufactured by Schomberg Studios. Cast in high quality polystone, bronze plated and hand patinaed, the 20-inch Rocky Statue is the perfect way to celebrate your passion for sports and film.

info@a3collectibles.com

Posters

Bertha Rodriguez

Bertha Eugenia Rodríguez González. Nace en la ciudad de México, D.F. el 26 de septiembre de 1980. Cursó primaria, secundaria y preparatoria en instituciones privadas en la ciudad de León, Guanajuato.
Estudió Diseño Gráfico en la Universidad de León.
Estudió en la escuela de Artes Plásticas “Antonio Segoviano” en León Guanajuato. En la Universidad de Guanajuato la Licenciatura en Artes Plásticas.
Exposiciones y venta de obra en Basel, Suiza y Moscù, Rusia.

http://mx.geocities.com/bertha_rodriguezg/

Danza-Boxeo (The Medina Method of Cuban Salsa Inspired by Boxing Fundamentals)

Yolaidis y Medina

Medina y Yolaidis

Dancing inspired by boxing may seem an odd combination, but not so in Cuba where boxing is huge and dancing the national pastime. Young Cuban boxers are trained to be high powered dancers because the most effective winning strategy in boxing is mastering dance moves and body rhythm to avoid being punched by your opponent.

Geodanis Medina is a gifted Cuban boxer who after years of thought, experimentation, and hard work, has integrated his two great passions, boxing and salsa. Drawing from his extensive training in boxing, he has developed a unique system of dance that has it's own philosophy, technique, style, and beauty.

Medina's core philosophy: "Dance from the ground up".

http://www.boogalu.com/danza-boxeo

JKang

The Black Superman, digital cartoon.

Topless

Earl Purdy

Joe Louis Knocked Down by Max Schmeling, 1938, etching, 3 5/8 in x 5 7/8 in.

Max Schmeling, who was the Heavyweight boxing champion of Europe was a 10-1 underdog when he faced Joe Louis on the night of June 22, 1938 at Yankee Stadium. The odds were also 4-1 that Schmeling would not be on his feet by the seventh round, and 2-1 that Louis would win by a knockout. To the surprise of the world Schmeling knocked Louis out in the twelfth round. Louis had also been down in the 4th round, which this amazing etching visually describes. Two years later Louis avenged the defeat, knocking out Schmeling early in the first round at the same venue. Schmeling remained friendly with Louis for the rest of his life, giving him money, and even paying for his funeral.
Purdy was a PWA muralist and cartographer.

King Mini

enamel, acrylic, and black magic and gesso over masonite

http://www.kingmini.com/blog/2007_08_01_http://www.kingmini.com/blog/archive.html

Kjell Torriset

The Boxer, 2009, oil on canvas, 220 x 200 cm

Born 1950, Aalesund. Lives and works in England.

articulata.wordpress.com/tag/painting/

Woman under a Botero

AHR @ the Gary Nader sculpture collection in Wynwood (Miami, FL).

Elmo and Cookie Boxing

The Singh Twins

The Greatest (from SPOrTLIGHT Series)

London born twin sisters Amrit and Rabindra are contemporary British artists of
International standing whose award winning paintings have been acknowledged as
constituting a unique genre in British Art and for initiating a new movement in the
revival of the Indian miniature tradition within modern art practice. Describing their
work as Past - Modern (as opposed to Post Modern), their work engages with
important areas of critical debate - challenging existing stereotypes and redefining
generally accepted, narrow perceptions of heritage and identity in art and society.
Combining elements from Western and Eastern aesthetics they assert the value of
traditional and non European art forms to the continuing development of
Contemporary Art practice - exploring cultural, social and political issues of global
significance within a highly decorative, often witty and symbolic style which has
universal appeal and transcends cultural barriers.

http://www.singhtwins.co.uk/

Sarah Jean Underwood