{"product_id":"lincoln-townley-skull-banker-venice-biennale-original-mixed-media-investment-art-ascot","title":"Lincoln Townley | Skull Banker | Venice Biennale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLincoln Townley (b. 1971)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSkull Banker | Venice Biennale\u003cbr\u003eMixed media | Original\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLincoln Townley exhibited at the Venice Biennale — one of the most rigorously curated platforms in the international art world — and Skull Banker | Venice Biennale is among the works that defined his presence there. The skull, in Townley's hands, is never merely a memento mori: it is a site of psychological investigation, a form that carries the history of art while refusing to be contained by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Banker iteration of this motif adds a specific layer of social commentary. Townley has been direct about his interest in the mechanisms of power, finance, and self-destruction — themes drawn in part from his own history. The mixed-media surface of this work — built up over multiple sessions, dense with material incident — carries that weight without illustration. This is not a painting about banking. It is a painting about the human capacity for both creation and ruin, using the vocabulary Townley has spent his career developing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCollected by Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone, and Robbie Williams, and sold through Sotheby's, Christie's, and Bonhams, Townley's market is established and active. Venice Biennale works carry additional provenance significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable exclusively through Creed Gallery, Ascot. Private viewings by appointment for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed media\u003cbr\u003e\nVenice Biennale provenance\u003cbr\u003e\nCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lincoln Townley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52869396955476,"sku":null,"price":19995.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/lincoln-townley-skull-banker-venice-biennale-original.jpg?v=1770237204","url":"https:\/\/creedgallery.com\/products\/lincoln-townley-skull-banker-venice-biennale-original-mixed-media-investment-art-ascot","provider":"Creed Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}