Pantheon is a full display of a new body of work that Lanagan Dunbar has used to communicate a built up personal cosmology through reference to existing mythologies and figures of importance in these legends. Stories and the individuals experiences in these tales become analogous to points in the artists own recent history and through this a belief system, both known and created, is articulated.
With a focus on history and memory experienced through material the physical works in Pantheon convey a sense of time and antiquity. Etched and worked metal plates evoke ancient smelters whose soot has built up on the surfaces and with regular disturbances makes its way around the inside of the frame. Expressve mark making leads the viewer into speculating whether figurative elements are indeed present or not while gyrating nexuses of acrylic paint elicit thoughts of mythical titans in some sort of embrace that is both violent and romantic all at once.
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Typhon and Echidna, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, pastel, vinyl-based paint, spray paint, chinagraph, lacquer on copper sheet, steel frame
120 x 96 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Atlas, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, pastel, vinyl-based paint, lacquer on copper sheet, steel frame
120 x 96 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Eros, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, pastel, vinyl-based paint, lacquer on copper sheet, steel frame
120 x 96 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Hermes, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, pastel, vinyl-based paint, spray paint, lacquer on copper sheet, steel frame
120 x 96 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Dionysus, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, chinagraph, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Echo, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Hades, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, chinagraph, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Mnemosyne, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, chinagraph, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Narcissus, 2019
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 inches
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Posiedon and Amphitrite, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, chinagraph, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Prometheus, 2019
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 inches
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Chronos, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, spray paint, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm
Jack Lanagan Dunbar
Aphrodite, 2019
patina, acrylic paint, vinyl-based paint, chinagraph, lacquer on copper sheet, timber frame
56.5 x 45.5 cm
