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1974. Jimmy Boyle and group. Forrest Hill. Edinburgh.

18 August - 7 SeptemberĀ 1974. L-R: Phil Hitchcock, Jane Whittaker, Jimmy Boyle, unidentified Barlinnie Prison officers. Outside the old Forrest Hill Poorhouse, with posters for Joseph Beuys and Tadeusz Kantor behind. Boyle was on day release from the Special Unit, Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow, to visitĀ the exhibition Scottish Prisoners' Art (in which he was exhibiting sculpture) presented by the RDG at 142 High Street, Edinburgh.

Date

Sun Aug 18th, 1974

Medium

Photograph

Reference Codes

A.73.012

Original Reference

A.4A.049

people

Richard Demarco
Phil Hitchcock
Jane Whittaker
Jimmy Boyle

collections

Scottish Prisoners' Art
Richard Demarco Gallery (RDG)

tags

Exhibition, Scottish Prisoners' Art, N/A, Places, Richard Demarco Gallery (RDG), 142 High Street, Edinburgh