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Headboxes, Towers & Figurines

Work details

The body of this work was featured in my first solo exhibition, Angela Flowers Gallery, 1971. A number of the Headboxes were also exhibited in Young and Fantastic at ICA, 1969.

The works fell into two main categories, Headboxes featuring life casts of my face in combination with other objects. I wanted to use the idea of the ‘magic box’ to describe aspects of the self.  In Towers and Figurines, I put the bodies of dolls and casts of them through various transformations, using a variety of different materials. Many presented a symbiotic relationship to the natural world. My practice of taxidermy played a part in many of the pieces. Requiem for a Dead Falcon was made when my pet falcon died and I made this piece with his preserved body and all its parts to provide him with an Egyptian style effigy.

  • Under Lock & Key

    (Headbox) Wooden box, mirror, life cast in resin & multi media 24 x 15 x 12inches 1970

  • Under Lock and Key

    Headbox) Wooden box, covered with aluminum, metal bars , photos, life cast of the artist's face 23 x 15.5 x 11.75 inches 1970/2013

  • Under Lock and Key

    (Headbox) Wooden box, covered with aluminum, metal bars , photos, life cast of the artist's face 23 x 15.5 x 11.75 inches 1970/2013

  • Headboxes group

    Mixed media with life casts in plexiglass boxes. 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches each box 1971

  • Ladies

    Personal Headbox Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches 1971

  • Private- No Admittance

    Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches 1971

  • Homage to Amanda Feilding

    Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches 1971

  • Butterflies

    Personal headboxes, Mixed media with life casts in plexiglass boxes. 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches each box 1971

  • Drink the Wine

    Mixed media with life casts in plexiglass boxes. 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches each box 1971

  • Group of 5 Personal Headboxes

    Mixed media with life 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches casts in plexiglass boxes. each box 1971

  • Group of 3 Personal Headboxes

    Mixed media with life casts in plexiglass boxes. 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches each box 1971

  • Feathered Friend

    Personal Headbox Mixed media, feathers life cast in plexi box 9.25 x 11 x13.75 inches 1971

  • Bird in a Gilded Cage

    Wooden box, covered with plexi mirror, brass bars, photos, lifecast 23.5 x 15.5 x 11.75 inches 1970/2013

  • Bird in a Gilded Cage

    Wooden box, covered with plexi mirror, brass bars, photos, lifecast 23.5 x 15.5 x 11.75 inches 1970/2013

  • My Furry Friends

    Personal Headbox Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 12 x 12 x 12 inches 1971

  • My Furry Friends

    Personal Headbox Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 12 x 12 x 12 inches 1971

  • My Furry Friends

    Personal Headbox Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 12 x 12 x 12 inches 1971

  • Bandit

    Personal Headbox Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 12 x 12 x 12 inches 1971

  • Bandit

    Personal Headbox Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 12 x 12 x 12 inches 1971

  • Keychained

    Personal Headbox Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 12 x 12 x 12 inches 1971

  • Keychained

    Personal Headbox Mixed media & life cast in plexi box 12 x 12 x 12 inches 1971

  • Group of Headboxes

    Group of Headboxes at fashion designer Thea Porter's apartment, London 1970s

  • Tower 1 (3 tier)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Tower 1 (detail)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Tower 2 (3 tier)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Tower 2 (detail)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Tower 2 (detail)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Tower 2 (detail)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Tower 3 (detail)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Tower 3 (3 tier)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971 Roland Penrose collection

  • Tower 3 (detail)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media Roland Penrose collection 28 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Figurines 1 (1 tier)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 10 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Figurines 1 (1 tier)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 10 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Figurines 2 (1 tier)

    Plexi, resin cast dolls, mixed media 10 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Shades

    Resin cast dolls, glass bell jars, mixed media 10 x 10.5 x 10 inches 1971

  • Requiem for a Dead Falcon

    Wood & plexiglass construction plaster ‘mummy case’, preserved Falcon, falcon mummy. 72 x 18 x 7.5 inches 1971

  • Installation at Angela Flowers gallery

    1971 Installation

  • Installation at Angela Flowers gallery 1971

    1971 Installation

  • The 6 Senses

    Wood, glass & mirror construction with plaster/stone lifecasts and fibre optic light 24 x 24 x 11.25 inches 1977

  • 'The 6 Senses_02'

    Headbox Wood, glass & mirror construction with plaster/stone lifecasts & multimedia 24 x 24 x 11.25 inches 1977

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