Tony Lane’s work draws inspiration from art history through the ages: Byzantine altarpieces, Italian frescoes, early Renaissance landscapes, and 17th-century Spanish still-life. Using traditional methods and materials, Lane explores themes and concepts that occupied his predecessors for centuries: divinity, nature, and how colour affects us. Contained in hand-gilded frames, his gessoed and waxed panels proffer an enigmatic combination of religious motifs which pose a delicate balance between ritual and routine. These are three magnificent works now available from his personal collection.
Since graduating from Elam in the 1970s, Lane has held more than 100 solo exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout New Zealand, and exhibited in galleries in New York, London, Barcelona, Seville, and Gstaad. His work is represented in major public collections in New Zealand: Auckland Art Gallery, Dowse Art Museum, Dunedin Art Gallery, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Te Papa Tongarewa.
