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Derek Boshier Paul Gorman

Derek Boshier By Paul Gorman

Derek Boshier by Paul Gorman


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Summary

Taking as his subject icons of consumerism and American popular culture, Derek Boshier made his name in the 1960s as one of the key proponents of British Pop Art, along with contemporaries David Hockney, Peter Blake and Pauline Boty. This book traces Boshier's formidable career.

Derek Boshier Summary

Derek Boshier: Rethink / Re-entry by Paul Gorman

Taking as his subject icons of consumerism and American popular culture, Derek Boshier made his name in the 1960s as one of the key proponents of British Pop Art, along with contemporaries David Hockney, Peter Blake and Pauline Boty. Since then, his output has been exceptionally diverse, including collage, book design, set design and illustration, as well as photography, film and sculpture.Rethink/Re-entry traces Boshier's formidable career. Beginning with his rise to prominence in the early 1960s, it then follows his abandonment of painting in the 1970s and his experimentation with new modes of expression, such as collage and illustration, as exemplified by his iconic sleeve design for David Bowie's album Lodgerand his drawings for CLASH 2nd Songbook. In this decade he formed the Artists Union with Bridget Riley and Robin Klassnik and produced politically inspired banner, poster and flyer designs, as well as curating public events such as the Smith/Novak Event.The chapters on the 1980s detail Boshiers return to painting. This move coincided with his departure to Texas to teach, where he adopted the iconic figure of the Texan cowboy as the subject for his 'Cowboy' series as well as producing a prolific number of landscape paintings. The 1990s saw him relocate to Los Angeles, where he encountered a culture and iconography that provided rich source material for his later works.

Derek Boshier Reviews

'Derek Boshier is a stalwart of 1960s art for whom recognition is overdue' - Sunday Times
'Substantial and beautifully produced' - Cellophaneland
'The definitive guide to Boshiers engrossing uvre' - Tatler

About Paul Gorman

Paul Gorman is a journalist, author and commentator on visual culture. He has written a number of books including The Look: Adventures in Rock & Pop Fashion, Reasons to be Cheerful: The Life & Work of Barney Bubbles and Derek Boshier: Rethink / Re-entry. He has staged a number of exhibitions in the UK and France, and is currently a writer at large for GQ.

Table of Contents

Preface by David Hockney 1. Over View by John A. Walker 2. Painting and Pop Art by Chris Stephens 3. Pop Goes the Easel: Derek Boshier in 1962 by Lisa Tickner 4. Alteration, Permutation, Transformation by Guy Brett 5. Think Big Band, Think Punk by Paul Gormon 6. Derek Boshier: Texas Years 19801993 by David E. Brauer and Jim Edwards 7. News from the Metropolis: Derek Boshier in Los Angeles by Christopher Finch

Additional information

GOR009017804
9780500093887
0500093881
Derek Boshier: Rethink / Re-entry by Paul Gorman
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
2015-10-05
288
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - Derek Boshier