An Organ Thing of The Day: Mono Media just posted this about their Pauline Boty film, Pauline Boty, the British 60’s pop artist pretty much written out of history until recently –
“We’re really pleased to finally be able to announce that our film on Pauline Boty, will be shown on BBC Four on March 3rd at 10pm. As ever these films are all about a massive team effort and this one more than any other I’ve been involved in. Too many people to name here now, but they know who they are and without whom… For now though, make a note in your diary and get ready for the inspiring story of Pauline Boty”.
BBC Link / Mono Media Films / PaulineBoty.org
“A prominent figure in the British Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Boty waylaid convention with her fearless exploration of femininity, societal norms, politics, and popular culture. Eschewed the esteem of her male contemporaries, and customarily eclipsed by preoccupations with her beauty and the tragedy of her untimely passing, Boty’s artworks are today venerated as climacteric within the cultural discourse surrounding the period”.
About the film
“First TV documentary about pop art sensation Pauline Boty, tracking the artist’s original contribution to British art, her feminism and unique take on the nascent celebrity culture of the 1960s.
Ahead of her time in so many ways, Boty’s story ends with her tragic early death at 28 in 1966 and the subsequent revival of interest in her work in the last decade.
Packed full of original photographs and art work, the film calls on an array of family, friends, art critics and famous fans to lead us through the Boty story. Contributors include pop art titan Sir Peter Blake, comedian and artist Jim Moir, critic Kate Bryan, best friend and print designer Natalie Gibson MBE, pop singers Corrine Drewery and Tanita Tikaram and TV presenter Ronnie Archer Morgan”.
Here’s a song from Wild Bells from 2015…
“Pauline Boty (6 March 1938 – 1 July 1966) was a British painter and co-founder of the 1960s’ British Pop art movement of which she was the only acknowledged female member. Boty’s paintings and collages often demonstrate a joy in self-assured femininity and female sexuality, as well as criticism (both overt and implicit) of the “man’s world” in which she lived. Her rebellious art, combined with her free-spirited lifestyle, has made Boty a herald of 1970s’ feminism”.
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