Some Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha by  Colin Lanceley

Some Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha 1972

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Dimensions: image: 780 x 577 mm

Copyright: © DACS, 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate

Curator: So, here we have Colin Lanceley's "Some Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha." It's... whimsical, wouldn't you say? The shapes seem both playful and a bit unsettling. Editor: It is! I see recognizable figures from the story, but rendered in such an abstract, almost dreamlike way. What do you make of the composition? Curator: It feels like a visual poem, doesn't it? Lanceley isn't just illustrating Cervantes; he's reimagining the spirit of Quixote. That mix of the absurd and the earnest... Have you ever felt that way? Like tilting at windmills? Editor: Totally! I guess it's about finding your own meaning, even if it looks crazy to others. Thanks for your insights! Curator: My pleasure! It’s pieces like these that remind us that art, like life, is an adventure in interpretation.

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