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An image of Gemini by Colin Lanceley

Colin Lanceley

(New Zealand, Australia 06 Jan 1938– )

Title
Gemini
Place of origin
Paddington → Sydney → New South Wales → Australia
Year
1964
Media categories
Sculpture, Mixed media
Materials used
painted wood, metal, mixed media
Dimensions

305.0 x 305.0 x 21.0cm overall (approx.):

a - left side (large cog); 275 x 141.5 x 19cm

b - central connecting column; 297.8 x 24 x 21cm

c - right side; 275 x 141 x 16cm

Signature & date
Signed and dated centre right of right side [part c], black oil "Colin Lanceley 1964".
Credit
Gift of Mrs M A McGrath 1968
Accession number
SA3.1968.a-c
Copyright
© Colin Lanceley
Location
20th & 21st c Australian art
Further information

'…the materials themselves are wonderful and fascinating and this is a piece that was really born from the materials…'
Colin Lanceley 2000

Colin Lanceley's work highlights his relish for the seductive nuances of his materials; for their textured beauty and evocative power. Using found materials and ephemera, Lanceley reconstitutes disparate fragments into new wholes, as exemplified by 'Gemini'. Inspired by the Zodiac sign of the twins, Lanceley employs a winged structure to explore formal relationships between found shapes, which are assembled in an almost painterly rhythm.

In 1964 Lanceley was awarded the Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship for a selection of works including 'Gemini'. This work is one of his most ambitious of the period between his involvement in Sydney with the Imitation Realists of 1961–62 and his departure for Europe in 1965.

Bibliography (6)

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Colin Lanceley (New Zealand; Australia, b.1938) (Author), Australian Collection Focus: Colin Lanceley The Dry Salvages 1963-64 and Gemini 1964, Domain, 2001, front cover (colour illus., detail), 2-3, 6 (colour illus.), 7-8, 9 (colour illus., detail), 10, 11.

'Collectors and makers of art' by David Thomas, pg. 12., The Australian 30 Jan 1965, 30 Jan 1965, 12 (illus.).

'Rubinstein: hack's birthright' by Frank Cozzarelli, pg. 184-187., Art and Australia [vol. 2, no. 3] Dec 1964, Dec 1964, 184, 185 (illus.), 186.

'Best work he's done' by James Gleeson., Sun 18 Sep 1964, 18 Sep 1964, page unknown.

'Assembled junk wins £1,300 travelling grant'., The Sydney Morning Herald 18 Sep 1964, 18 Sep 1964, page unknown.

'Helena Rubinstein Scholarship' by Wallace Thornton., The Sydney Morning Herald 17 Sep 1964, 17 Sep 1964, page unknown.

Exhibition history (2)

Selections from 'The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship' 1964, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Sep 1964–11 Oct 1964.

Australian Collection Focus: Colin Lanceley The Dry Salvages 1963-64 and Gemini 1964, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Jan 2001–25 Mar 2001.