PROJECT 13: STILL-LIVES.

THE CHAIRS.
47 x 64 inches. Oil on canvas.
PROJECT: STILL-LIVES.
Private Collection.

This was a smaller project, and like a number of other projects not all the work was completed or exhibited. Lenkiewicz wrote:

"The inert, the inanimate, is a metaphor for silence. It began with empty chairs, presence and absence. Paintings are still-lives."

He continued:

"Children vitalise the inanimate in a thousand ways; that pullover dark against the back of the door, the door handle, yes it is moving, that lightbulb, that shadow. This remains with us; anything stared at long enough springs to life. "

There were several aspects of this project that would prove unsuitable for Exhibition purposes. It is intended that some of this work will be shown independently at The Barbican Museum and Library Annexe early next year.