Our first fan mail! Thanks for the images Dakin! It's great to know that our artists (still tirelessly hard at work) are in a long lineage of historic artist rivals. Jane and Jason look at their work together more as a collaboration than a battle but by day three, they may be reaching for those gloves, watch out! (And be sure to watch out for
Jason Polan's 20x200 print due to arrive online soon.) So, who's going to be the Heavyweight
Paper Champion, you ask? You'll have to wait until Monday, but so far, it looks like a close match.
Hi Jen,
Love the head-to-head thing. But shouldn't it have been Thrilla on Manila?
Wanted to add another, earlier artist boxing match to your list. At the end of Documenta 5, for which Beuys set up an Office for Direct Demoracy (where for 100 days he debated political systems with visitors), he boxed (and beat) the young formalist sculpor Abraham David Christian.
Best,
Dakin Hart
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