Description
This painting is part of a series of Brooklyn Boxers by the artist George Spencer. Spencer was born and raised in NYC and has made his home in Brooklyn. He describes his home as “a traditionally a rough and tumble borough, always striving to be better (or best).” For Spencer, boxing is a metaphor that captures this striving. Boxing is simultaneously a thinking man’s and a working class sport – both are traits that define him and his work. He credits two Brooklyn-based sources with inspiring him to create these boxer portraits. The first is ‘On the Waterfront’, the celebrated film about a Brooklyn boxer. The second is the World Famous Gleason’s Gym, which is where so many boxers have practiced and fought – both the winners and the contenders. Spencer’s work focuses on the contenders, the bloodied yet unbowed.
This Bald Boxer is painted in black acrylic on a rough-edged and torn poster, found in Spencer’s neighborhood. It measures approximately 19″ x 25″ and comes unframed.
