{"id":2879,"date":"2011-02-26T15:20:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T15:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2012-08-21T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T10:27:04","slug":"alex-duncan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=2879","title":{"rendered":"Alex Duncan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[lang_en]<br \/>\nAlex Duncan was born in 1985 and lives and works in Swansea.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/duncan\/duncan1.jpg\" alt=\"duncan\" title=\"duncan\" width=\"510\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" \/><br \/>\nHandscape 2, 2008. Alex Duncan<br \/>\nAlex Duncan is a multi-disciplined artist whose practice is concerned with his strive be open to the world around him. To adhere to his senses, is to connect with the living, modern world and all its beauty and surprises. For Duncan, it is essential to find a heightened connection with this world, an unpolluted space by exercising imagination and will. Using found and artist-made objects, spaces and situations, Duncan transports you to another world, one that exists alongside ours, showing us the potential of things to come. Intuitiveness is a vital part of this process for Duncan when experimenting and attempting to make sense of the world through art.<br \/>\nDuncan graduated from Swansea Metropolitan Unviersity in 2007 with a BA (hons) Fine Art<br \/>\n\u201cThe world often reveals beauty and abjection simultaneously\u2026 real leaves and their artificial representation blown along on the same gust of wind\u2026 original and simulacra thrown together by unifying elemental forces.\u201d Alex Duncan<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/duncan\/duncan2.jpg\" alt=\"duncan\" title=\"duncan\" width=\"510\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" \/><br \/>\nForever Autumn from &#8216;Leaves&#8217; series, 2008. Alex Duncan<br \/> <br \/>\nHe has exhibited widely across Wales and is regarded as one of the country\u2019s most exciting young talents. Duncan\u2019s past exhibitions include Eocene \u2013 Oriel Davies Gallery; Air 09 \u2013 Dynevor Centre, Swansea; Ground \u2013 Oriel Lliw, curated by Tim Davies; Overview \u2013 Elysium Artspace, Swansea; Annexe \u2013 tactile BOSCH, Cardiff; Swansea Open \u2013 Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Pure and Natural\/Pur a Naturiol \u2013 Oriel Lliw, Pontardawe; A collection of drawings \u2013 Mission Gallery, Swansea; Drowned Objects \u2013 Framework Social, Swansea; Welsh Artist of the Year \u2013 St. David\u2019s Hall, Cardiff; National Eisteddfod of Wales, Flint.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n[\/lang_en]<\/p>\n<p>[lang_cy]<br \/>\nAlex Duncan was born in 1985 and lives and works in Swansea.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/duncan\/duncan1.jpg\" alt=\"duncan\" title=\"duncan\" width=\"510\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" \/><br \/>\nHandscape 2, 2008. Alex Duncan <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/duncan\/duncan2.jpg\" alt=\"duncan\" title=\"duncan\" width=\"510\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" \/><br \/>\nForever Autumn from &#8216;Leaves&#8217; series, 2008. Alex Duncan<br \/> <br \/>\nHe has exhibited widely across Wales and is regarded as one of the country\u2019s most exciting young talents. Duncan\u2019s past exhibitions include Eocene \u2013 Oriel Davies Gallery; Air 09 \u2013 Dynevor Centre, Swansea; Ground \u2013 Oriel Lliw, curated by Tim Davies; Overview \u2013 Elysium Artspace, Swansea; Annexe \u2013 tactile BOSCH, Cardiff; Swansea Open \u2013 Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Pure and Natural\/Pur a Naturiol \u2013 Oriel Lliw, Pontardawe; A collection of drawings \u2013 Mission Gallery, Swansea; Drowned Objects \u2013 Framework Social, Swansea; Welsh Artist of the Year \u2013 St. David\u2019s Hall, Cardiff; National Eisteddfod of Wales, Flint.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n[\/lang_cy] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[lang_en] Alex Duncan was born in 1985 and lives and works in Swansea. Handscape 2, 2008. 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