Review
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Quick Review 2011
Bristol 2011
ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
'Still Lives' – Robert Lenkiewicz
17 April — 31 May 2011 NOW CLOSED
"This will be the most comprehensive exhibition of Robert Lenkiewicz's work since his premature death at the age of 60 in 2002. Lenkiewicz famously chose the outsider as the subject for his art: the vagrants and street alcoholics who dossed at his studios, families with mentally handicapped children, the elderly, the dying – human beings isolated from one another by their circumstances and from themselves by their preoccupations.
'You're born alone and you die alone,' he said and the problem was to deal with the isolation of simply being alive. Lenkiewicz found one solution – a richly creative life conducted with panache – and left behind a legacy which will appeal to anyone with an interest in the conundrum of existence. In his obituary of Lenkiewicz, art critic David Lee remarked that 'Lenkiewicz was one of few serious painters of contemporary history.'"
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RWA events April-May 2011
1. Illustrated introduction to the life and work of Robert Lenkiewicz – a talk by Francis Mallett from The Lenkiewicz Foundation and publisher of monographs on the artist
21st & 28th April, 6-7pm RWA Fedden Gallery
2. 'The influence of Counter-Culture Thinkers on Lenkiewicz's Projects' – a talk by Francis Mallett from The Lenkiewicz Foundation and publisher of monographs on the artist
28th April, 6-7pm RWA Fedden Gallery
3. 'Art, Culture and Aesthetics' – a talk by Kim Charnley, doctoral researcher in art and philosophy, University of Essex
11th May, 6-7pm RWA Fedden Gallery
4. A guided walk-round tour of the 'Still Lives' exhibition with Anna Navas from The Lenkiewicz Foundation
14th May, 2pm Main galleries
