Arena (1975)

Art & Design: Journey to the Surface of the Earth (1979x25)

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Last year the artist Mark Boyle attained the singular distinction of occupying the entire British pavilion at the Venice Biennale, astonishing visitors with a Sardinian mountainside, a ploughed field and a Liverpool pavement. Since pioneering light shows with Jimi Hendrix and the Soft Machine he has devoted his life to travelling the world, recreating with uncanny accuracy six-foot-square replicas of the Earth's surface.