Art Funded by you

Liverpool Dock

Boyle family

© Boyle Family

The Boyle Family gained renown for their contribution to the experimental art and happenings of the 1960s and 1970s, specifically their interventions at Liverpool Dock, which included enormous casts of the site and ‘transpositions’ where their surroundings were re-presented as large-scale sculpture. The acquisition of the series draws new connections between different approaches to Land Art within the museum’s collection and continues to underline the continued importance of landscape as a subject to artists working today.

More information

Date supported

2015

Medium and material

wood fiberglass resin mixed media

Dimensions

183 × 183 × 15cm (72 1/16 × 72 1/16 × 5 7/8in.) x 5 183 × 136 × 188cm (72 1/16 × 53 9/16 × 74in.) 183 × 177 × 28cm (72 1/16 × 69 11/16 × 11in.)

Gifted by

Peter Moores Foundation

Content note: This object record is part of our archive and has not been updated since it was first published. It may contain inaccurate information or outdated language. Please get in touch if you think this record should be amended.

Art Funded by you FAQs

Why is this object record marked 'archive'?
Where can I see this work of art? Is it on display?
What is Art Fund's purpose?
How is Art Fund funded?
What type of funding do you offer?
What does the acquisition grants programme support and who can apply?
How many works of art has Art Fund helped museums to acquire?
I’m a curator/researcher/arts professional and would like to find out more about this work, how do I get in touch?
I’m a journalist and would like to contact Art Fund about this work, how do I get in touch?
I would like to donate a work of art to a museum. What do I need to do?
I'd like to leave a gift to Art Fund in my will. How can I do this?

Contact us

If you have a question about a work of art in our archive, please contact the Programmes team. We’ll be happy to answer your enquiry.