- Venue
- Lewis Gallery, Rugby School
- Starts
- Sunday, June 21, 2009
- Ends
- Saturday, July 4, 2009
- Address
- Rugby School, The Close, (Off Barby Road) Rugby CV22 5EA
- Location
- West Midlands
Legacy Diptych brings into focus contemporary concerns regarding man’s use or misuse of natural resources. Her once mysterious and mythical forest has been felled. The trunks of her beloved trees are piled on top of one another. A once thriving living forest is laid out before us, fallen trunks stretching to the horizon. The brooding sky weights down heavily on this scene of environmental destruction. To the right is a helter-skelter stack of books towering over the felled trees. Enright explains her horror on learning the fate of the millions of unsold books produced every year. The unsold books, often produced with the knowledge that they will never be read, are returned to the publishers for pulping. Legacy Diptych is a direct comment on both this seemingly senseless waste and the wider careless attitude towards our precious natural resources. With an elegance and refinement, never once crossing into didactic territory, Enright brings into question contemporary attitudes and environmental anxieties. She is not passing judgement. It is left to us to take in what we see and draw our own conclusions. Francesca Fiumano. This is an exhibition that must been seen. Management of the environment is the joint responsibility of each and every one us.
