Gallery One
Glenn Locklee
Con-struct Redux
4-19 November 2016
Glenn Locklee will be participating in Art Conversations on Saturday 19 November, from 3pm. This event will be followed by afternoon tea.
All welcome!
I am third generation Australian Chinese. My father and his father were furniture manufacturers establishing a factory in pre-depression Sydney. This was apparently a common occupation adopted by Chinese immigrants. My visual language stems from the industrial environment I spent so many formative years playing in. This is evident not just in the subject of my painting but also the poetic architecture of the work. The sparse geometric construction and tertiary colours play off against the expressionist rendering of surface and portrayal of light.
My work observes two societal phenomena: one is the increasing redundancy of small business and domestic manufacture and the other is the proliferation of high rise, high density living as house and land ownership becomes increasingly unattainable. As a result of corporate retail and globalisation we have seen the fabric of this lifestyle give way to material aspiration and human disconnect.
My paintings are not political nor carry an agenda of protest. They stand as silent witnesses to change; evocative peripheral images that conjure up subliminal memories.
Image Above: Glenn Locklee, Density, 2016, oil on Alupanel 96 x 86cm Courtesy of the artist.
List of Works
1-9. Urban Fragment Series
1. Urban Fragment 13, 2016, oil on Alupanel, 33 x 35cm, $580
2. Urban Fragment 15, 2015, oil on Alupanel, 33 x 35cm, $580
3. Urban Fragment 16, 2015, oil on board, 33 x 35cm, SOLD
4. Urban Fragment 6, 2010, oil on board, 33 x 35cm, $580
5. Urban Fragment 4, 2010, oil on board, 33 x 35cm, $580
6. Urban Fragment 1, 2010, oil on board, 33 x 35cm, $580
7. Urban Fragment 14, 2016, oil on Alupanel, 33 x 35cm, $580
8. Urban Fragment 8, 2010, oil on board, 33 x 35cm, $580
9. Urban Fragment 3, 2010, oil on board, 33 x 35cm, $580
10. Refinery 2, 2016, oil and photomedia on Alupanel. 47.5 x 42.5cm
SOLD
11. Chippendale, 2016, oil on Alupanel, 47.5 x 42.5cm
$860
12. Industrial Landscape Enfield 2, 2016, oil on Alupanel, 47.5 x 42.5cm
$860
13. CPAC Interior, 2016, oil and photomedia on Alupanel, 47.5 x 42.5cm
$860
14. Graffiti Tank, 2016, oil on Alupanel, 122 x 93cm
NFS
15. Industrial Landscape Enfield 3, 2008, oil on board, 60 x86cm
$1100
16. Industrial Landscape Enfield 1, 2008, oil on board, 60 x86cm
$1100
17. Chippendale Skyline, 2016, oil on Alupanel, 104 x 92cm
$1800
18. CPAC Exterior, 2016, oil on Alupanel, 152 x 102cm
NFS
19. Industrial Landscape Enfield 6, 2016, oil on Alupanel 96 x 86cm
$1600
20. Industrial Landscape Enfield 5, 2016, oil on Alupanel 96 x 86cm
$1600
21. Industrial Landscape Enfield 9, 2016, oil on Alupanel 96 x 86cm
$1600
22. Density 5, 2016, oil on Alupanel, oil on Alupanel 96 x 86cm
$1600
23. Density 3, 2016, oil on Alupanel, oil on Alupanel 96 x 86cm
$1600
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