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BOYLE, Mark

© Boyle Family. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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In 1965 Mark Boyle and his wife Joan Hills began a conceptual 'Journey to the Surface of the Earth' by throwing a dart at a map of the world to randomly select a thousand small square sites. These locations were then visited, and their surface texture and appearance exactly recreated by casting and vertical sampling and transferred to a fibreglass shell. Displayed in a gallery context, these relief panels encourage a greater awareness of ecological issues.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 2179

Creation/Production

BOYLE, Mark
Date: 1965-1966

Acquisition

Gift, 1986
Given by The Contemporary Art Society

Measurements

Height (cm): 152.5
Width (cm): 152.9
Height (in): 60
Width (in): 60

Material

fibre glass
mixed media

Location

In store
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  • Art And Design Movements
  • Boyle, Mark
  • Communities And Society
  • Contemporary Life
  • Fine Art
  • Litter
  • Painting
  • Post 1900
  • Post 1945
  • Street

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