Boo Saville

Drawing

Cuckoo, 2013. Ballpoint pen on paper, 21 x 26 cm.

Knot, 2013. Ballpoint pen on paper, 28.5 x 34 cm.

Venus, 2013. Ballpoint pen on paper, 10.2 x 13.2 cm.

Nurse, 2013. Ballpoint pen on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm.

Graphite, 2012. Ballpoint pen on paper, 53.5 x 44 cm.

Double Red (pink, red, orange and yellow), 2012. Ballpoint pen on paper, 141 x 110 x 4.5 cm.

The Last Man, 2010. Ballpoint pen on paper, 56 x 76 cm.

Open Up, 2010. Ballpoint pen on paper, 56 x 76 cm.

The Hollow Man, 2011. Ballpoint pen on paper, 56 x 76 cm.

Double purple (blue, turquoise, pink, yellow, green), 2012. Ballpoint pen on paper, 141 x 110 x 4.5 cm.

Maori, 2011. Ballpoint pen on paper, 57 x 62 cm.

First Hand, 2008. Ballpoint pen on paper, 56 x 76 cm.

Butter Sunk, 2009. Ballpoint pen on paper, 168 x 76 cm.

Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, 2012. Colored biro on paper, 15.8 x 9.7 cm.

Painting

Indefinite Series, 2008. Oil on canvas.

Pere Lachaise (Pelican), 2009. Enamel on wood panel, 20 x 25 cm.

Clowns, 2011. Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 cm.

The Bathers, 2009. Oil on canvas.

Jericho, 2009. Oil on canvas, 30 x 41 cm.

Left: Reverence, 2009. Oil on canvas, 30 x 41 cm. Right: Blue Edge, 2009. Oil on canvas with permanent markers.

Blue Indian, Green Indian, Red Indian, 2009. Oil on canvas.

Étude de Douleur (study of pain), 2010. Oil on canvas.

The Lace Eater, 2010. Oil on canvas.

Lady in Red, 2010. Oil on canvas.

Ghost Picnic, 2010. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

Casper, 2010. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

Etching

Wood Head, 2012.

This etching shows a carved wooden model of a Christian Martyr who was beheaded. It was found in an Abbey in France and shows an unusual amount of anatomical detail. For me it describes a moment where religious questioning, art and science coexist. The process of etching was also a very important tool at the time for the exchange of ideas and understanding the human body.

Ghost OC 7206, 2009.  Etching with mixed media. Unique multiple within an edition of 31.

Ghost OC 7198, 2009. Etching with mixed media.

Ghost OC 7202, 2009. Etching with mixed media.

Ghost OC 7218, 2009. Etching with mixed media.

Ghost OC 7200, 2009. Etching with mixed media.

Ghost OC 7221, 2009. Etching with mixed media.

Ink

Curl Up, Push Down, 2007. Ink on paper, 56 x 75 cm.

Face Down, 2008. Ink on paper, 56 x 75 cm.

Temporal, 2008. White ink on paper, 56 x 75 cm.

Left: Skull Study, 2008. White ink on paper, 56 x 75 cm. Right: Boundary, 2008. White ink on paper, 56 x 75 cm.

Work On Paper

Untitled, 2011. Ink, clothes dye, bleach and paint on paper.

Emblem, 2009. Drawing with collage on paper.

Bangface, 2008. Ink and clothes dye on paper.

Left: Owl, 2011. Ink on found photograph. Right: Untitled, 2011. Ink, clothes dye, bleach and paint on paper.

Bleach

How Do We Feel? 2010. Household bleach on black cotton, 150 x 200 cm.

The Explorer, 2009. Household bleach on black cotton, 140 x 165 cm.

Jar Head, 2010. Household bleach on black cotton, 71 x 91 cm.

Dissection, 2010. Household bleach on black cotton, 140 x 165 cm.

Photography


Self Portraits

Crawl, 2011.

Green / Red, 2011. 

Boo Saville B. 1980. Boo Saville studied at the Slade School of Art, London. From 2003 she formed part of the WOWOW! collective in South London with the artist Matthew Stone. In 2007 she was a nominee for the Sovereign Painting Prize, and in the summer of 2008 she worked on a residency in Paris at the Cite des Arts. Her first solo show was at Martin Summers Fine Art in 2008. Saville is currently represented by TJ Boulting (formerly Trolley Gallery) where she held her third solo show in 2012. She also produced an edition of unique prints with Other Criteria and more recently an edition of etching with Alteria Art. Her work will be part of a survey of new British artists at MOCCA, Toronto in 2013, and has been acquired by the Museum of New and Old Art, Tazmania. She was recently featured in Francesca Gavin’s book on British artists under 35 years old and also ‘Hell Bound: New Gothic Art’. She has featured in Vogue’s ‘British talent’ special, Art Review, ES Magazine, Saatchi Online, The Times and The Independent. She currently has a drawing in the 2013 Drawing Biennale at The Drawing Room, London.


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