Port, 1988

COLIN LANCELEY
Port, 1988
Oil and mixed media on canvas
150 x 250 cm

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Artist Colin Lanceley, titled Port, 1988. This work by Colin Lanceley, titled Port, presents the harbour as a former bustling centre of shipping activity where goods were unloaded and long finger wharfs and container terminals like we see in Botany Bay today. Lanceley is renowned for his assemblage works where found objects are repurposed and secured to the painted canvas surface. Metal posts slabs of rings and rope are painted in industrial oranges and greys, the colours of rust, grime and peeling paint. There is a wonderful chaos of textures and shapes conveying almost a naive, childlike quality.