Lenkiewicz Book Launch & Exhibition
(12/11/2006)

''PAINTINGS & PROJECTS''

Following the earlier and highly successful visual biography by the acclaimed photographer Dr. Philip Stokes, and the limited edition 'The Mary Notebook', White Lane Press is proud to announce this latest publication that defines the painter's life and work.

''Paintings & Projects'' is a stunning new monograph which provides a definitive overview of the artist's life and career. The official book launch at the Somerville Gallery on Friday 24th November includes, amongst others, a number of original painting featured in the book.

This new text, by author and gallerist Francis Mallett, surveys the reasoning behind the artist's method of painting large-scale 'Projects' on themes such as Vagrancy, Jealousy, Self-Portrait, Old Age and Death. The ideas underpinning the artist's thinking about the nature of human relationships and the impetus for his book collecting are fully explored. Eighty colour plates, many showing paintings never published before, show the full breadth and development of his extraordinary range and skill as a painter. The book also features the dramatic colour photograpy of Derek Harris, which captures the impressive surroundings of the artist's studio and private library.

This large-format hardback volume contains 192 pages and is lavishly illustrated with more than 120 photographs. A specially bound Collectors Edition is also available, but is strictly limited to 350 copies. Bound in a distinctive silver-coloured cover, with slipcase, it includes a photograph of Robert Lenkiewicz in his Barbican studio, printed and signed by the photographer.