Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Jack Lanagan Dunbar’s (b. 1988) work explores the tension between materiality and time with an eye on history, whimsy, archaeology, the classical, Romantisicm, humour and tragedy.
He works across media, typically incorporating elements of drawing, painting, printing, sculpture and photography in his pieces and often imposing them upon one another. Individual pieces are best described as ‘vignettes’—brief but intense expressions of ideas drawn from contemporary, historical and mythological sources. When shown together the vignettes produce more complex sequences or chains of meaning that vary in character and potency from viewer to viewer; unique, flickering odes to the ancient, pan-cultural tradition of storytelling.
Jack Lanagan Dunbar has shown extensively in Australia and abroad, held positions at the University of Technology, Sydney, and University of New South Wales, was the recipient of the 2019 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship and the 2016 Redlands Art Prize (emerging artist) and continues to exhibit both locally and internationally. He recently completed a residency with the Cité d’Arts, Paris and DESA, Bali, Indonesia.
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Jack Lanagan Dunbar in his studio in Leipzig, Germany, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist and COMA, Sydney.
Apollo, 2022
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acrylic on canvas, steel frames
180 x 150 cm / 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 inchesSri Lankan Shorts, 2022
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acrylic on canvas, steel frames
180 x 150 cm / 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 inchesA Gesture, 2022
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acrylic on canvas, steel frames
180 x 150 cm / 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 inchesValencia, 2022
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acrylic on canvas, steel frames
180 x 150 cm / 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 inchesOlives, 2022
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acrylic on canvas, steel frames
180 x 150 cm / 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 inchesGatto, 2022
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acrylic on canvas, steel frames
180 x 150 cm / 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 inchesPrometheus, 2019
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patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm / 22 1/4 x 17 7/8 inchesNarcissus, 2019
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patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm / 22 1/4 x 17 7/8 inchesAphrodite, 2019
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patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, chinagraph, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm / 22 1/4 x 17 7/8 inchesDolphins, 2019
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patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm 22 1/4 x 17 7/8 inchesMalachite Painting I, 2020
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artist-formulated acrylic on linen, steel frame
123.2 x 102.8 cm framed 48 1/2 x 40 15/32 inches framedMalachite Painting X, 2020
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artist-formulated acrylic on linen, steel frame
61.6 x 51.4 cm framed 24 1/4 x 20 7/32 inches framedScylla, 2019
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acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint on etched copper sheet, set in steel frame
72.5 x 52.5 cm / 28 1/2 x 20 5/8 inchesCharybdis, 2019
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acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint on etched copper sheet, set in steel frame
72.5 x 52.5 cm / 28 1/2 x 20 5/8 inchesElectrotype VI, 2019
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electroformed copper panel, acrylic display box
44 x 38 cm / 17 11/32 x 14 15/16 inches framed (work 30 x 21 cm / 11 13/16 x 8 4/16 inches)Electrotype V, 2019
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electroformed copper panel, acrylic display box
44 x 38 cm / 17 11/32 x 14 15/16 inches framed (work 30 x 21 cm / 11 13/16 x 8 4/16 inches)Turbulence, 2019
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gouache, acrylic ink, wax pastel on epoxied board
37 x 29.5 cm / 14 9/16 x 11 19/32 inchesFizz, 2019
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gouache, acrylic ink, wax pastel on epoxied board
37 x 29.5 cm / 14 9/16 x 11 19/32 inchesAcheron, 2019
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acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, printing oil colour and varnish on etched copper sheet, set in steel frame
189.5 x 120.5 cm / 74 5/8 x 47 3/8 inches