The enigmatic wit and ambiguity of Webb's fictions expolit and retain tihe inherent honesty and authenticity of the photogrpahic medium, providing an unsettling tension where artifice and the rudimentary wrestle with illusion and reality. Boyd's new images mine a very human desire for simulacra - copies that depict things that either have no reality to begin with, or that no longer have an original.
Born in New Zealand, WEbb studied art at Canterbury University and then went to study at the Royal College of Art, London. He has exhibited widely internationally with solo shows amongst others Whitechapel Gallery, London, Hischhorn Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Pompidou Paris and Auckland Art Gallery.
