David Rankin 'Lily in Lodz II' black & white

David Rankin 'Lily in Lodz II' black & whiteThis expansive, poetic portrait is of the writer and artists wife Lily Brett. The Lodz to which the work refers is located seventy five miles southeast of Warsaw, Poland. It formed the second largest Jewish community in prewar Poland. In 1940, the Germans established a cramped ghetto in the city, in which 160,000 Jews were forced to live. Brett is the descendant of Holocaust survivors. Thus this work, delicate in form, is not only an ode to a

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‘Secret Box’ is an ode to the everyday

'Out to Sea' 1991

the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and Tattersall’s Art Prize

His work is inflected by visual puns

Cast in pale greys and gold

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'Pastel Pyramid (Blue Pyramid)'

Image Size: 20 x 20 cm

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'Amapondo 9' 2014

Dated circa 1953