CreatorTony ColeingTitle"Storm"Date1996MediumOne colour linocutDimensionsImage Size: H. 504mm x W. 695mm
Paper Size: H. 545mm x W. 763mmArtist Statement‘Storm’ (1996) is an artwork concerned with the issue of refugees. This has been a recurring theme in Coleing’s art since 1993.
‘Storm’ (1996) incorporates many of the same visual elements that appear in prints, drawings, paintings and sculptures dealing with the refugee theme, for example, the boat, the life bouys, ropes, ladders etc.
In the same year, 1996, Coleing was included in the Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, a major, triennial, invitational art prize organised under the auspices of the National Gallery of Victoria. For his entry, Coleing produced a very large painting and an accompanying sculpture about the plight of refugees.Accession NumberG2024.9.14Credit LineDonated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Tony Coleing and Shayne HigsonAccess AdviceFor research purposes only. No reproduction without permission of Yarrila Arts and Museum.
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Print depicting people and contents spilling out of a boat. One colour linocut; deckle edge. Artist Proof 2/2.
