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...Pfieffer??€™s sculpture excavates implications of this fight that younger viewers probably do not understand. Ali, the handsome, smug boxer who epitomized the multimillionaire sports figure, opposed America’s colonial involvement in Vietnam. This fight took place in Zaire, where opposition to the country’s own colonialism was overwhelming. Traces of Vietnam, racism, Black Power and colonialism are all evident in this short, repeating one round video. The display, a no larger than eight-inch screen perched away from a wall, does not even have sound. Without anything to listen to, this miniscule view...

Author: By Patrick S. Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Race In Digital Space | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

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