Highlights (1966) is a major shaped canvas by Derek Boshier and a key example of his experiments with what he described as “Pop abstraction”. It belongs to a pivotal period in which Boshier moved away from the figurative Pop of the early 1960s towards a more geometric and optically driven visual language. This change was catalysed by his travels to India in 1962 under a Commonwealth scholarship. Boshier’s time in India was transformative; his immersion in Hindu mythology and street iconography informed a strikingly new visual language. He encountered imagery woven into everyday life, from temple icons to barbershop posters, shaping a body of work that blended Pop sensibilities with symbolic motifs. His return to the UK marked a decisive shift; his compositions became bolder, more architectural and attuned to the mechanics of visual perception. In Highlights the composition’s inverted triangles, dynamic lines and contrasting colours create a strong sense of movement and spatial ambiguity, exploring optical perception while retaining Boshier’s enduring interest in the visual language of advertising and contemporary popular culture.