The Fight (2021)
The Fight (2021) series by Phil Scott examines the concept and duration of conflict through imagery sourced from vintage boxing comic books. Comprising of three works, each piece documents a single bout as a visual timeline, where sequence and framing coalesce to form a narrative arc. Scott reorders and reframes these found illustrations, allowing the rhythm of the fight to unfold across the white space of the page.
The series draws upon the art-historical lineage of recording movement, from the sequential studies of Eadweard Muybridge to the distorted, muscular figures found in Francis Bacon’s paintings. Through this dialogue between historical reference and popular illustration, Scott transforms static printed matter into dynamic compositions that convey cadence, tension, and release.
By isolating and recontextualising fragments of the original publications, the artist imbues the work with a sense of physicality and momentum. The result is a kinetic visual record of struggle and endurance, an exploration of the fight as both spectacle and metaphor.
The Fight (2021) series by Phil Scott examines the concept and duration of conflict through imagery sourced from vintage boxing comic books. Comprising of three works, each piece documents a single bout as a visual timeline, where sequence and framing coalesce to form a narrative arc. Scott reorders and reframes these found illustrations, allowing the rhythm of the fight to unfold across the white space of the page.
The series draws upon the art-historical lineage of recording movement, from the sequential studies of Eadweard Muybridge to the distorted, muscular figures found in Francis Bacon’s paintings. Through this dialogue between historical reference and popular illustration, Scott transforms static printed matter into dynamic compositions that convey cadence, tension, and release.
By isolating and recontextualising fragments of the original publications, the artist imbues the work with a sense of physicality and momentum. The result is a kinetic visual record of struggle and endurance, an exploration of the fight as both spectacle and metaphor.