Politigate
Artist:
Derek Boshier
(British, born 1937)
Date: 1987
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
84 x 138 in. (213.4 x 350.5 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by The Brown Foundation
Object number: 93.30
Label Text
The Everyman, which Derek Boshier has described as the “cog in the wheel, the amorphous us,” and a theme that featured in his earlier works, resurfaces in this painting. Boshier produced Politigate while teaching at the University of Houston (1980–93). The artist returned to painting at that time, after thirteen years of working in photography and sculpture.
In London in the 1960s, Boshier became associated with the British Pop art movement, embracing the iconography of British and American mass culture. The artist’s graphic work has been featured on albums by the Clash and David Bowie.
(Label text, 2017)
In London in the 1960s, Boshier became associated with the British Pop art movement, embracing the iconography of British and American mass culture. The artist’s graphic work has been featured on albums by the Clash and David Bowie.
(Label text, 2017)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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This resource has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.
