Boyle Family, Scottish (Mark Boyle 1934-2005 - Joan Hills b. 1931 - Sebastian Boyle b. 1962 - Georgia Boyle b. 1963 - ) - Coral Quarry Triptych, 2001-02; mixed media, resin, fibreglass, sculpture in three parts, each 184 x 184 x 26 cm (3) (ARR)...

Boyle Family, Scottish (Mark Boyle 1934-2005 - Joan Hills b. 1931 - Sebastian Boyle b. 1962 - Georgia Boyle b. 1963 - ) - Coral Quarry Triptych, 2001-02; mixed media, resin, fibreglass, sculpture in three parts, each 184 x 184 x 26 cm (3) (ARR) Provenance: Sir Peter Moores, thence by descent Exhibited: Contemporary Archaeology, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 16 January – 14 March 2015 Note: Mark Boyle and Joan Hills began collaborating in the 1960s, later joined by their children Sebastian and Georgina. They are best known for their exacting earth studies, whereby the artist pick at random a spot on the globe and meticulously replicate it, creating a representation of the earth within the clean space of the gallery. The present work was first exhibited in 2015 at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery. This exhibition saw the artists entering into the dialogue between the Lake District and the great British landscape tradition, subverting the traditional expectations of such an exchange. In the words of curator Nick Curator 'once you’ve seen their work in the flesh you’ll never look at the infinite variations of the tarmac, soil, concrete, rock or sand that we walk on in quite the same way ever again.’