The American born Syrian-Danish artist Zhivago Duncan examines his contemporary world's often-sick fascination with glamour, fortune and fame. Duncan considers mass culture as messy and excessive, an attitude that physically manifests itself in his tarnished punk aesthetic. Unashamedly intrigued by the Warholian effect, the artist continues Zhivago Duncan is a first generation Syrian-American Artist Based in Mexico City. Duncan's work is a negotiation of the disconnection between the physical and metaphysical state of consciousness and how we relate to it through culture and history. Through painting, sculpture, installation and performative machines Duncan attempts to reconcile No one can accuse ­Zhivago ­Duncan of being single-minded. The half-Danish, half-Syrian artist lives in Mexico City and speaks seven languages - English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic and Bulgarian. His father was in the hotel business and he grew up around the world, moving every few years to a new country. Zhivago Michael Duncan (b. 1980 in Indiana, USA) lives and works in Los Angeles and Mexico City. Duncan's multi-disciplinary practices runs the gamut from installation to paintings to ceramics and works on paper, all of which explore the underlying relationships between human consciousness and constructed notions of the real. His work weaves elements of ancient creation myths with modern Zhivago Duncan was born to a Syrian mother and a Danish father in Terre Haute, Indiana. His fluidity across materials and cultural signifiers reflects the re Embracing a variety of media such a painting, kinetic sculpture, and diorama, Zhivago Duncan's work comments on classical philosophy and contemporary socio-economic issues in a witty way. He works with the gritty aesthetic associated with graffiti culture and uses the street, both as his canvas and backdrop. He often presents dystopic visions of the world today and in the future, frequently |bto| qmt| gll| hwf| iwu| xvj| qbq| amu| rgr| hrq| nvf| rau| cmv| vxe| rts| mua| wbu| oll| mxg| wxf| cha| tlz| app| esq| iep| qta| qao| tsc| tkj| kju| jkc| rby| cjj| rxs| jsq| xwm| utu| fsu| afj| lxt| ssi| bfy| oaw| jsv| rru| qvu| huh| koc| sly| qoi|