‘Boxing is a major inspiration for Touch of RED. Shamel went from being confounded by the violent sport’s appeal, to exploring it as a metaphor for the layered, often unacknowledged connections between two Black men. In this case, two gay Black men. “Things I don’t understand I try to go further towards,” he says. “What happens when two men get into a ring and there is a match?” But not a fight. “We have things that are similar, that create electricity, that lead us to each other. It’s dealing with the allowance of men of color to soften. With the belief that there’s power in vulnerability.” “I started to see how these two men are partners.”’
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