This collaborative portrait initiated the idea for the Expression project.

Boll visited McLean’s London studio for a portrait shoot and was keen to reference the artists work by incorporating the teacup (bought from a charity shop for the shoot), referencing Tea on the Knee (1971). The blank canvases seen in the background inspired the idea to add collaborative elements and Boll invited McLean to apply paint onto the print. McLean added a painting of a sculpture of a jug to the final photographic print. The portrait was shot on a Hasselblad medium format camera using natural daylight.

Bruce McLean is an acclaimed Scottish sculptor, filmmaker, and painter. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and at Saint Martin's School of Art, where he and others rebelled against what appeared to be the formalist academicism of his teachers. In 1965, he abandoned conventional studio production in favour of impermanent sculptures using materials such as water, along with performances of a generally satirical nature directed against the art world. From the mid-1970s, McLean turned increasingly to painting, sculpture, and film work and won the John Moores Painting Prize in 1985. He has a large studio in the west of London.

The following editioned prints of this photograph are available in Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl archival quality paper. Each print is personally checked for quality, signed, dated, and includes a signed certificate of authenticity.

10x10” Prints, edition of 50: £90 (exc. VAT)
20x20” Prints, edition of 20: £275 (exc. VAT)

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