{"product_id":"frank-bowling","title":"Frank Bowling: New Work","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200401399 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eTh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ejoyous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eexhibition\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ereveals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecent works by Sir Frank Bowling OBE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eRA RWA (Hon)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eBowling is an honorary Academician of the RWA and has a longstanding relationship with the Academy dating from the 1980s, when his early solo exhibition ‘Bowling through the Decade’ was presented at the RWA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected TrackedChange SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW93749765 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BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eFrank Bowling’s largest ever work.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eAt\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e13\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003em\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 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class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003einspired by his destroyed work\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eThe Execution of Mary Queen of Scots \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e(1963)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW93749765 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class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ecapture an extraordinary period defined not by slowing down, but by expansion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eThe exhibition offers a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003en illuminating\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einsight into the work of an artist still making at scale in his later years, and his living practice: bold,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eexperimental\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand still unfolding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eBowling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e’s seven-decade career\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ehas been driven b\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ey\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ehis passion for paint and by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ephysical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan 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class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e, Frank Bowling still works from his studio, directing the flow of paint, colour and composition with undiminished clarity and imagination. Supported by a close-knit team, he continues to produce ambitious new work – not as a reflection on the past, but as a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elive and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eevolving practice.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eFor audiences, this will be a rare and moving experience: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ea chance to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003eencounter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e paintings that carry both the weight of a lifetime and the energy of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003ea practice that refuses to settle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW254671108 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGallery Admission\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW254671108 BCX8\"\u003eGeneral admission: £11 including an optional £1 donation \u003cbr\u003eConcession* admission: £6 including an optional £1 donation \u003cbr\u003eStudent admission: £2 including an optional £1 donation \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW254671108 BCX8\"\u003eRWA Members and Art Pass Card Holders go free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW93749765 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW1100654 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1100654 BCX0\"\u003eP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1100654 BCX0\"\u003eresented by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1100654 BCX0\"\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1100654 BCX0\"\u003ehe Royal West of England Academy (RWA) and the Frank Bowling Foundation \u003cspan\u003ein collaboration with Gilane Tawadros, curator and Director, Whitechapel Gallery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1100654 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW1100654 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Art Exhibitions","offers":[{"title":"Full Price","offer_id":42963634421831,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Memberships","offer_id":42963634454599,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2297\/4037\/files\/F_BOW2293_Intotheblue_2026_white_wall1-bigger_detail.jpg?v=1787832880","url":"https:\/\/www.rwa.org.uk\/products\/frank-bowling","provider":"RWA Bristol","version":"1.0","type":"link"}