Wednesday 13 February, 2013 - 8.30pm

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A new series of artist-led talks addressing the expanded significance of the tree in contemporary art – from conceptual proposition to poetic metaphor or political statement. In this event, Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Boyce discusses the role of the modernist concrete tree as an ongoing form in his work. Followed by conversation with Curator Kirsty Ogg.

This event also launches Martin Boyce: A Partial Eclipse, published by MACK. Martin Boyce will sign copies of the book, which will be available at a special launch price of £45 (RRP £50).

Martin Boyce is known for his large installation work in sculpture, creating angular replications of the world around him, finding meaning in everyday surroundings and working steel structures into amplifications of these moments in space and time.

Hamilton-born Boyce studied at both Glasgow School of Art and California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles. His work has been exhibited widely across the world including solo exhibitions at Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt, 2002); Tate Britain (London, 2006); the Centre Contemporain (Geneva, 2007) and The Modern Institute (London 2011).

Image: Martin Boyce, A Forest, 2009
Powder coated aluminium, steel chain, electrical components
185 x 135 x 135 cm
Installation view No Reflections, Venice Biennale 2009, Palazzo Pisani (S.Marina), Calle delle Erbe, Cannaregio, Venice
Photo Gilmar Ribeiro
Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow

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