While I have been in lockdown I have kept myself busy taking online courses, the most recent of which included Pop Art and Modern Sculpture. It was in the former that I made the acquaintance of the incredible talent that was Pauline Boty. A new name to me, she blazed brilliantly and briefly in the 1960s, creating striking Pop Art paintings that satirised sexual mores of the time, while also acting and broadcasting. Sadly, she died at 28 in 1966.
Like so many women artists Boty's star ebbed after her death and her paintings languished in family barns for many years awaiting rediscovery by discerning critics.
This video is an excerpt from a documentary by Ken Russell and features music by Delia Derbyshire.
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