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ROUTES-1 LLANGADFAN, WALES (WLL-22)

© Derek Boshier. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.

ROUTES-1 LLANGADFAN, WALES (WLL-22) 1975

Derek Boshier (1937 – )

Details

Dimension
9 X 12.5 CM
Media
COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS
Accession number
P2128

Summary

Boshier was born in Portsmouth (1937) and studied at the Royal College of Art where he became associated with Pop art, drawing on American culture and politics for his subject matter. In 1970 he started to experiment with other media, in particular film and photography. The works here were made in parallel to films, and simply describe journeys using a camera to capture moments or ‘stills’ along the way; in one instance a view of a road in rural Wales, which captures a lorry’s logo appearing and disappearing between the hills. The resulting photographs were commercially developed, the rounded edges being a particular fad in the 1970s, and then assembled in line to give the appearance of a length of cine film.

My Yard, British Council 2009

 

Glossary

  • Drawing

    The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.

  • Film

    A transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes.