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Sharp light illuminates a boxer. He grins, shirtless, with orange shorts, standing at the center of an olive-green boxing ring. He looms over his fallen opponent who is sprawled out, shirtless and with red shorts, face down on the ground before him. The pink ropes of the ring converge, out of sight, behind the boxer. A monochrome audience painted in shades of blue loom over the scene. Situated outside of the perspective of the fight, the audience members stack on top of one another, filling the space behind the scene. Some smile, others look away, but most are indifferent to the action before them. The spectators are faces ephemeral, perhaps attendees of a boxing match, perhaps memories of the past.

I am leaving, I am leaving

Benjamin Michalsky

Oil on Canvas

Undergraduate
The final painting in a small series reflecting on the familial and communal histories of the artist, "I am leaving, I am leaving" questions the implications of the Jewish exodus from Europe and the political proliferation of Zionism following the genocide of European Jewry during the Second World War.