Clay Apenouvon

The edition was presented at the Resilient Moves exhibition in Paris in 2023.

Clay Apenouvon explores topics related to environmental and societal issues, through works that reflect many concerns. For this collaboration, he calls upon famous icons, black boxers, figures of hope and determination in fights refereed by their very conscience. Clay Apenouvon presents screen prints of Mohamed Ali and Battling Siki, in black ink on survival blankets. Their bodies cover these golden leaves: the gold of survivors. The representation of these fighting figures, alone, illustrates a personal struggle and their perseverance in the face of difficulties. The artist highlights the resilience of these black athletes and recalls, in his words, that it was the external fights that pushed them into the ring.