Exhibition presents work by Phoebe Boswell while she was sequestered at home during the UK s lockdown
Phoebe Boswell, Notes on a Lockdown: World View VI, 2021. Pastel on paper, 44 1/8 x 32 1/8 in.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Sapar Contemporary announces Still Life: A Taxonomy of Being, the gallerys second solo exhibition of work by Phoebe Boswell. The exhibition features 49 drawings, watercolors, and pastels created between December 2020 and April 2021, while Boswell was sequestered at home during the UKs third government-mandated lockdown. The artworks and the sound of Boswell breathing fill the gallery, encapsulating a time in which breath became perilous and, for many, devices functioned as the primary mediators of being and belonging.
SCOTTISH Ensemble, the UK’s leading string orchestra, has launched the latest in its “musical book club” series with classical star Sally Beamish lined up to appear first. One of the country’s foremost living composers, she will be joined in conversation by Scottish Ensemble violinist Cheryl Crockett, with audiences tuning in at home via Zoom. Also a violist and pianist, Beamish is a regular collaborator with Scottish Ensemble, with the group having commissioned and premiered many significant works. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow, a Creative Scotland Award, a Paul Hamlyn Award, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2018 she was awarded the Inspiration Award at the British Composer Awards in recognition of a lifetime of achievement.