LAITH MCGREGOR
Archipelago
31 October – 21 December 2019

STATION | SYDNEY

Laith McGregor's Archipelago showcases large-scale drawings and a new series of collages, all inspired by the concept and experience of island life.

"Made over the past six years, the Island Drawings comprise a series of large-scale works on paper that reference Pacific Island landscapes and extend McGregor’s ongoing interest in portraiture to consider the relationship between identity, place and image-making. The source material for these drawings is templates from ‘Paint by Numbers’ kits, popular during the 1960s and 70s. McGregor, who recalls his grandmother using such kits to paint with, uses the templates as a readymade compositional device. The resulting works are fictional landscapes, based on a stylised, mass-produced vision of Pacific Island life; and further mediated through McGregor’s own aesthetic response to his source material."

- excerpt from 'Island Drawings/Island Collages' by Hamish Sawyer, 2019

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Laith McGregor
Archipelago 2019
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Dusk_framed

Laith McGregor
Dusk 2019
pencil on paper
198.0 × 153.0 cm

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Laith McGregor
Dawn 2019
pencil on paper
198.0 × 153.0 cm

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Laith McGregor
This Old Island 2018
pencil on paper
198.0 × 153.0 cm

This_bay_framed

Laith McGregor
The Bay 2017
pencil on paper
157.0 × 189.50 cm

LM framed (2 of 21) MISSING

Laith McGregor
Missing 2019
Collage mounted on archival paper and custom frame
35.0 × 40.0 cm

LM framed (5 of 21) DOCTOR

Laith McGregor
Doctor 2019
Collage mounted on archival paper and custom frame
35.0 × 40.0 cm

LM framed (7 of 21) HOLIDAY

Laith McGregor
Holiday 2019
Collage mounted on archival paper and custom frame
35.0 × 33.5 cm

LM framed (11 of 21) HOURS

Laith McGregor
Hours 2019
Collage mounted on archival paper and custom frame
48.0 × 27.0 cm

LM framed (12 of 21) WAITING

Laith McGregor
Waiting 2019
Collage mounted on archival paper and custom frame
35.0 × 33.5 cm

LM framed 15 of 21) WATERFALL

Laith McGregor
Waterfall 2019
Collage mounted on archival paper and custom frame
35.0 × 33.5 cm

LM framed (17 of 21) GUARDIAN

Laith McGregor
Guardian 2019
Collage mounted on archival paper and custom frame
35.0 × 40.0 cm

LM framed (18 of 21) LONESOME

Laith McGregor
Lonesome 2019
Collage mounted on archival paper and custom frame
35.0 × 33.5 cm