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The Boys: an Adventure
Drawings | David Austen
Words | Hisham Matar
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The Boys: an Adventure is the result of an unusual correspondence between two friends, the artist David Austen and the writer Hisham Matar.It began in March 2020, as London closed down, with the exchange of a drawing and a chapter via WhatsApp. Three years later, the conversation has grown into two distinct yet connected bodies of work: a novella from Hisham and a suite of 73 gouache drawings from David. The relationship between text and image is not illustrative; rather, the two share a temperament, and a sense of unfolding momentum.The exhibition in Edinburgh includes Austen’s complete suite of 73 drawings alongside a recording of Matar’s text, read by the actor Khalid Abdalla.The Boys: an Adventure, an artist’s book in two parts (drawings by David Austen | words by Hisham Matar) Now been published, to celebrate their collaboration.To listen to David Austen & Hisham Matar in conversation, please follow this link.
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Words | Hisham Matar
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Drawings | David Austen
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David Austen20.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen21.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen22.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen23.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (paper)
42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen25.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen26.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen28.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen29.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (paper)
42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen30.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen31.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen1.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen2.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (paper)
42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen4.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen23.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen8.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen9.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (paper)
42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen11.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen14.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen19.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen21.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (paper)
42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen6.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen28.4.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen5.5.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen8.5.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (paper)
42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen10.5.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen11.5.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen17.5.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen21.5.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen24.5.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen7.6.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen20.6.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen25.6.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen28.6.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen10.7.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen17.3.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen18.7.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen9.8.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen2.9.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen8.9.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen11.9.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen7.10.20gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen2.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen5.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen9.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (paper)
42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen10.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen12.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen13.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen20.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen24.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen26.11.20, 2020gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen5.2.21, 2021gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen10.12.21, 2021gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen21.1.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen27.1.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen22.2.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen23.2.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen3.3.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen4.3.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen7.3.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen22.3.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen1.4.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen13.5.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen17.5.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen8.6.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen16.6.22, 2022gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen25.1.23, 2023gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen27.1.23, 2023gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen30.1.23, 2023gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (paper)
42.6 x 37.5 cm
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David Austen2.2.23, 2023gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen14.2.23, 2023gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen21.2.23, 2023gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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David Austen28.2.23, 2023gouache on paper35 x 30 cm
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42.6 x 37.5 cm
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(all) Installation views of 'The Boys: an Adventure', Ingleby, Edinburgh, 15 April - 10 June, 2023. Photographs: John McKenzie
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Further works by David Austen are available and appear elsewhere in the gallery. They can be viewed here.
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David Austen & Hisham Matar in conversation
Ingleby | The Boys: an Adventure
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