Exhibition: Punks, Princes and Protests by Feliks Topolski exploring the artist’s heritage
A treasure trove of works created by the renowned Anglo-Polish artist Feliks Topolski is to go on public display for the first time.
The exhibition will be held in the artist’s original studio on the Southbank where he created some of his most significant works over his 38-year occupancy.
The iconic studio has not been open to the public since Topolski’s death in 1989.
Punks, Princes and Protests explores the artist’s heritage, connections to the British Royal Family, and his commitment to the art of eyewitness impartial reportage.
In doing so, viewers will get a first hand look into how Topolski’s identity and art oscillated between the Establishment and Counter-Culture, depicting both high society and London’s underbelly.
From punks and hippies to royalty and politics, Topolski observed and lived at the centre of a new multi-cultural and contradictory Britain.
The exhibition will be open from May 4 until June 15 at the Topolski Studio, 158 Hungerford Bridge, Concert Hall Approach, Waterloo.
Picture: Feliks Topolski RA exhibition Picture: Feliks Topolski RA exhibition