Mark Boyle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark Boyle (May 11, 1934 - May 4, 2005) was an artist born in Glasgow and known for his work in the cultural UK Underground of the 1960s around the Traverse Theatre, and exhibiting since 1985 with Joan Hills and their children Sebastian and Georgia as the Boyle Family.
The World Series works meticulously re-created randomly chosen areas and were exhibited widely across the world, including the British Pavilion at the XXXIX Venice Biennale in 1979. The Hayward Gallery showed Beyond Image: Boyle Family in 1986. The National Gallery of Scotland held a major retrospective Boyle Family in 2003.
While he was a prolific artist he may be best known for his work as a pioneer of light shows in music, producing light environments for Soft Machine and Jimi Hendrix during the 1960s.
Amongst others he collaborated with George Brecht, Peter Schmidt, Cornelius Cardew, and John Tilbury.
It appears he was also a teacher at English Art Schools.
