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Roberts Projects is pleased to present Hall of Fame, a new series of paintings and photographs by Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe celebrating the rich legacy of boxing in his homeland of Ghana.

Quaicoe grew up in Ghana’s capital, Accra, surrounded by villages that have long been united in their devotion to local boxing culture—symbolizing a path that could transcend circumstances of systemic poverty. On each canvas, the artist captures the determined gaze of amateur boxers from Bukom, a neighborhood mythologized as the birthplace of featherweight champion Azumah Nelson and welterweight champion Ike …