Untitled sketch (man at filing cabinet) 1994

Summary

'... Vivienne Shark LeWitt’s charming portrait of office worker "Bob" inverts the formal protocols of official portraiture to give a more humdrum picture of a man involved in the work of Council. The balding and bespectacled Bob, wearing brown pants and a button-up shirt, leans against the ubiquitous office filing cabinet holding a coffee mug proudly displaying his name – this is, if you will, a different kind of ‘mug shot’. Shark LeWitt’s watercolour hangs in a cluster of works that shines a little limelight on the Council worker. Council is a big institution and, although they may be more focused on paperwork than pomp, the Council worker is crucial to the functioning of the city. Shark LeWitt’s watercolour sketch sits besides equally endearing images of Council workers ...' Phip Murray, 'Good Looking' exhibition catalogue, City Gallery, 2013