Academicians in Focus: Timothy Hyman RA

This exhibition assembles some of the poignant and characterful drawings and paintings resulting from Timothy Hyman’s 60 visits to Maggie’s Centres as part of an artist’s residency from 2011–12. Maggie’s Centres provide free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends. The first centre opened in Edinburgh in 1996, using a blueprint for cancer care established by Maggie Keswick Jencks before her death in June 1995. Since then the charity has commissioned a sequence of outstanding, modestly-scaled buildings sited alongside NHS hospitals many being designed by major architects, often without fee. A moving and sensitive portrayal of the inner life of the centres, this exhibition celebrates those who benefit from them – their gatherings, preoccupations, and individual journeys – and explores the essence of the buildings both spiritually and structurally. Friends, Patrons & Corporate Members have access from 10am, general public from 4pm.

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Website
www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/timothy-hyman-a-year-with-maggies

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/mw1500?id=EVENT526364