Skin Series No. 8
1973
- Scottish Art
Boyle Family are perhaps best known for a series of works called `Journey to the Surface of the Earth?, in which they make exact replicas of randomly-selected portions of the earth?s surface. The `Skin Series? is based on the same principal, mapping surfaces but on a microscopic scale. `Skin Series No.8? is an image of a minute section of skin taken from the inside of Mark Boyle?s right elbow. Fourteen such works were made, each area being randomly chosen by throwing darts at a body chart. Each skin section was then frozen & removed. A negative image was taken, then enlarged and recorded on light sensitive paper. `Skin Series? also relates to Boyle Family?s works of the 1960s which used bodily fluids.
