λ DEREK BOSHIER (BRITISH 1937-2024), SIXTEEN SITUATIONS

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λ DEREK BOSHIER (BRITISH 1937-2024)SIXTEEN SITUATIONS, 197116 photographs mounted on board and a plastic sculpture on a stone baseEach photograph signed on labels attached verso14.5 x 20cm (5½ x 7¾in.) (18)UnframedWith accompanying book inscribed by Derek Boshier to Niall Hobhouse Provenance:Acquired directly from the artistExhibited:London, Alexandra Palace Great Hall, Art Spectrum : 7 exhibitions forming a nationwide survey of contemporary art in the U.K, 11 - 30 August 1971, no. 13Touring exhibition throughout the UK, (including to Bristol, Liverpool, Wolverhampton), Derek Boshier : documentation and work, 1959-72 : drawings, paintings, prints, notes and films, 1972-3London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Derek Boshier : documentation and work, 1959-72 : drawings, paintings, prints, notes and films 26 September - 21 October 1973Somerset, Hauser and Worth, Land Marks: Structures for a Poetic Universe, 21 March - 21 June 2015Literature:Arts Council of Great Britain and Greater London Arts Association, Art Spectrum: 7 exhibitions forming a nationwide survey of Contemporary Art in the U.K. 1971, no, 13Helen Little, ed., Derek Boshier: Reinventor, Lund Humphries, 2023, p. 151Paul Gorman, ed., Derek Boshier Rethink/Re-Entry, Thames and Hudson, 2015, pp. 12, 17 (illus)16 Situations is about the way in which an object changes a situation and the way in which a situation changes an object. The concern is not only a formal one, but an enquiry into the nature of sculpture and its role as an artifact in society. For instance, in the great collaborative Art and Industry, as it is at present constituted, an industrialist sits with a token sculpture outside his window. (Derek Boshier, quoted on his website, https://www.derekboshier.com/books1) λ indicates that this lot may be subject to Droit de Suite royalty charges. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.

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