Againts the Ropes

Boxing is a recurring theme in my painting work. The theme is very touching to me. I am not a fanatic one, but boxing represents an argument that I feel to be part of and is, therefore, increasingly taking root in my work. Over the years, artists had been felt attracted to the image of boxing, thanks to evoking visuality and its codes: punching bags o speeding bags, the ring, gloves and, especially, the very body fight between the opponents that touches us in our human nature. This resemblances our own stories and struggles. For any reason, it is a natural relation to boxing that one has. It, like characters such as Mohamed Ali, goes beyond sport to jump into icons of personal social and political battles. Movies like «Rocky» take part in the contemporary culture and our social symbolic assets. Boxing is pivotal in my imaginary work and obsessive visual approaches, associated with the subculture of boxing, poverty, dilapidation, characters that fights for glory. The romantic idea of the anti hero and my obsession to stare at the insignificance, triviality and common that become main character and master of its own destiny is part of my approach to life.
In light of this, I will show an Installation called Against the ropes. The title is referred as to a boxer´s being attacked and between the ring ropes, thus depicting a relevant moment for both opponents: one´s fighting for leaving the ropes; and the other´s trying to keep the latter under siege to culminate