In conversation with Derek Boshier at Flowers Cork Street next week
//Derek Boshier with his work The Dinner Party. Photo: Marissa Roth//
Next Thursday (October 8) I will be in conversation with artist Derek Boshier at Flowers Gallery in Cork Street in London’s Mayfair.
This marks the publication of Rethink/Re-entry, the Boshier monograph I have edited, as well as the exhibition of the same name I am curating at Flowers with the writer/curator Guy Brett.
//Derek’s specially designed jacket for the book, which includes references to his work and contains a portrait of him by friend NIgel Waymouth//
Since Derek lives in Los Angeles, this presents a rare opportunity for attendees to meet him in person and hear about the practice which has taken in Pop Art in the 60s, social and political critiques and engagement with the likes of David Bowie and The Clash in the 70s, a distinctive body of painting work in Texas in the 80s and, since the 90s in California, the establishment of a unique voice which has journeyed through a number of different phases, from films to photography and print and book making.
//Daily Mail – Poem Of Hate, 1977. Ink drawing and newsprint, 55 x 75cm. © Derek Boshier, courtesy Flowers//
//State Of Mind, 1976. Mixed media construction in a box, 45 x 41 x 7cm. © Derek Boshier, courtesy Flowers//
//The Dance, Derek Boshier, 2014//
The event is free but booking is essential. Go here to reserve your place.
Derek Boshier: Rethink/Re-entry is published by Thames & Hudson on Monday. You can buy copies here.
Rethink/Re-entry: Derek Boshier in the 1970s & Films & Collage 2014 runs at Flowers from October 7 to November 7. Details here.