//Relation of Aesthetic Choice to Life Activity (Function) of the Subject, Billy Apple, 1961-2. From Tate Britain//

I’m indebted to Tate Liverpool curator Darren Pih for the connection between a photograph which appeared in ARK 33 – the edition of the Royal College Of Art magazine which was the subject of my last post – and a contemporaneous work by the artist Billy Apple.

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Tags: Andrew Wilson, ARK 33, Barrie Bates, Billy Apple, Darren Pih, David Hockney, Keith Branscombe, Lady Clairol Instant Crème Whip, Royal College Of Art, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool

//From The Observer, December 6, 2015//

Derek Boshier: Rethink/Re-entry – the artist monograph I edited – has been picked as one of the best art books of 2015 by British broadsheet The Observer.

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Tags: David Hockney, Diego Rivera, Peter Conrad, Thames & Hudson, The Observer

//Derek in his element signing books with the blow up of his Bowie silhouette sketch for Lodger reflected behind him. Photo (c) Sarah Lee//

Last night’s book launch and private view for the Derek Boshier monograph and new exhibition at Flowers Gallery in Cork Street, central London, was a great success.

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Tags: Daisy de Villeneuve, David Hockney, Dylan Jones, Flowers Gallery, Jan de Villeneuve, Ops & Ops, Pippa Brooks, Sarah Lee, Steph Jones, Teri Olins

//Cover artwork by Boshier, incorporating references to his 1973 installation Change and a portrait by his friend, Nigel Waymouth//

In January 2012, on a cold night in a print studio in, of all places, Wandsworth, south London, the eminent artist Derek Boshier asked me if I was interested in putting together a monograph of his life’s work with his friend and champion, the writer and curator Guy Brett.

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Tags: Blanche Craig, David Hockney, Guy Brett, Jamie Camplin, Karin Fremer, Maggie Hanbury, Nigel Waymouth, Thames & Hudson

//The Dance, from the series News From The Metropolis, Derek Boshier, 2014. Ink and collage on paper//

//From Best Foot Forward, Derek Boshier, 2014. Film//

To coincide with the publication of the Derek Boshier monograph Rethink/Re-entry, writer/curator Guy Brett and I are putting together an exhibition of the same name which will be held at Flowers Gallery in Cork Street, Central London this autumn.

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Tags: Arts Council Of Great Britain, Clash 2nd Songbook, David Hockney, Flowers Gallery, Guy Brett, Joe Strummer, Lives: An exhibition of artists whose work is based on other peoples' lives, Lodger, Mick Jones, News From The Metropolis, Pennie Smith., Posy Simmonds, RB Kitaj, Steve Johnston

//The Identi-Kit Man, Derek Boshier, centre, Tate Britain. Photo: Chris Stephens.//

Chris Stephens, the Tate’s head of displays and head curator of modern British art, has organised for Derek Boshier’s 1962 painting to be hung at Tate Britain on London’s Millbank.

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Tags: Chris Stephens, David Hockney, Tate Britain, Thames & Hudson, The Hidden Persuaders, The Identi-Kit Man, Vance Packard

//From Thames & Hudson’s July-December 2015 catalogue//

“As an artist Derek Boshier has never lost his sense of wonder at the world” – David Hockney

The publication date of Derek Boshier: Rethink/Re-entry – the monograph of the great British artist I have edited – is confirmed as October 5.

Published by Thames & Hudson with a preface by David Hockney, Rethink/Re-entry contains 300-plus illustrations, from student exercises in the mid-50s to current works including the cover, a new portrait of Hockney and chapter openers especially designed by Boshier for the project.

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Tags: BBC Four, Chris Stephens, Christopher Finch, Courtauld Institute, David Bowie, David E. Brauer, David Hockney, Guy Brett, Jim Edwards, John A. Walker, Ken Russell, LIsa Tickner, Los Angeles, Middlesex University, Pop Goes The Easel, Royal College Of Art, Tate Britain, Texas, Thames & Hudson, What Do Artists Do All Day?, Women's Institute Of Houston, Zara Hayes

//Detail from 1965 showcard: Derek Boshier and 1965 works. Photo: Annette Green//

//Card for Boshier’s show at the Fraser Gallery, March 30 – May 1, 1965. Design: David Cripps. Courtesy: Pace London//

Thanks to Pace London for providing scans of the showcard for Derek Boshier’s spring 1965 exhibition at Robert Fraser Gallery in Mayfair’s Duke Street.

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Tags: Annette Green, Brian Clarke, Colin Self, David Cripps, David Hockney, Duke Street, Plaza, Robert Fraser, Thames & Hudson, Whitford Art Gallery

//Daily Mail – Poem Of Hate, 1977. Ink drawing and newsprint, 55 x 75cm. © Derek Boshier, courtesy Flowers//

//Drawing for CLASH 2nd Songbook, 1978. Ink on paper, 30.5 x 22cm. © Derek Boshier, courtesy Flowers//

//Hi Consumers! Don’t Forget Nothing Lasts Forever, 1978. Ink and collage on paper, 46 x 54.9cm. © Derek Boshier, courtesy Flowers//

//Drawing for CLASH 2nd Songbook, 1978. 33 x 22.5cm. © Derek Boshier, courtesy Flowers//

“Without hesitation, CLASH 2nd Song book is a masterpiece of graphic art”

Guy Brett, writer/curator

Interrogating materials for the Derek Boshier monograph has brought home the meshing of the artist’s sensibilities with punk in the 70s.

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Tags: bernie Rhodes, Caroline Coon, Chris Stephens, Christopher Finch, Clash 2nd Songbook, David Brauer, David Hockney, Give 'Em Enough Rope, Guy Brett, Jim Edwards, Joe Strummer, John A. Walker, LIsa Tickner, Rethink/Re-entry, Thames & Hudson, The Clash

//David Hockney 22 Times, Derek Boshier, 2014. 31 x 42 inches. Ink on Archer’s paper//

I’m delighted to announce that David Hockney has written the preface to Rethink/Re-Entry, the Derek Boshier monograph I am editing.

In the piece, Hockney points out that they have known each other since 1957, and that Boshier “like me, is an artist, and one who has never lost his wonder at the world”.

//Derek Boshier and I at the opening of his 2012 exhibition David Bowie + The Clash at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex//

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Tags: Chris Finch, Chris Stephens, David Brauer, David Hockney, Guy Brett, Jim Edwards, Ken Russell, LIsa Tickner, Pop Goes The Easel, Tate Britain, Thames & Hudson