Skin (Angel). 20 x 16. Pigment, oil, egg, and skin glue on panel. 2007Introducing Ian Robertson Duncan and his quiet, contemplative icons ... wood panels bearing rich surfaces; traces of text, hand rubbing, incised lines, and layers of pigment.
See this work at the artist's studio and new gallery space on the lower east side tonight! Details below.
Shroud (Thumbing) 20 x 24. Pigment, oil, egg, and skin glue on panel. 2007"Ian Robertson Duncan is an artist who works with paint, wood, words, fire, and now with the launch of Winged Way, modes of exchange like capitalism and karmic return. He came to New York in 2001 by way of Virginia, Kentucky, New Hampshire, the Rockies, the Sierras, and New Mexico’s high desert."
See this work -- and the spectacular studio/gallery where they are made, TONIGHT at:
Winged Way, 273 Grand Street, 4E. NYC. Reception, Thursday, 6 – 8p.m.. Gallery hours open Wed – Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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What the heck is skin glue? Sounds very Silence of the Lambs.
And, he works with "modes of exchange like capitalism?" How very pretentious of him!
I like a couple of pieces but most seem pretty boring. And I'm someone who normally loves understated things.