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Duncan Ward (aka New Low) is a visual artist working in a variety of media including photography, painting, drawing and performance. Please see some image samples of his work below. |
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The Disciples of Cranach
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Building my LungsOn Thursday 13 August 2009 Duncan Ward performed 'Building my Lungs' at the opening of artist Christina Mitrentse solo show 'Building my Library' at the NO:ID Gallery in Shoreditch. The performance took place within the galleries with Mitrentse's paintings and sculptures around. Those attending the private view watched Duncan's now familiar rituals of washing and drinking, mainly through the windows from the street due to the compact size of the performance space. |
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Champagne HoleDuncan performed Champagne Hole as part of Frog Morris' 'Art Music
Comedy' event at Utrophia's residency at Shunt, under London Bridge
station, Saturday 18 July 2009. The evening also featured an eclectic mix
of music and comedy performers.
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The Living SwampDuncan co-curated the exhibition 'The Living
Swamp' with artist Nicole Mollett, which was on display at Quartair
Contemporary Art Initiatives, Den Haag, Netherlands from 4 - 19 April
2009. The following works by Duncan were included in the
exhibition:
Duncan's publishing house Young Mountains produced the exhibition catalogue. |
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Catstycam Coffee MountainAs part of contemporary art event If You Can't Close This Door Don't Open It Duncan performed another new work entitled 'Catstycam Coffee Mountain'. Taking place at the Wenlock Building - a newly built and unoccupied office block near Old Street - on 18 October 2008, this piece invsolved the familiar elements of Duncan mutely writhing and immersing himself in elemental substances; on this occasion these were freshly brewed coffee and used coffee grounds, and one of Duncan's mountain drawings as a backdrop. Viewers were able to watch at close quarters at ground level, or could look down to the central atrium from the balconies of the upper floors. This performance was filmed by fellow artist Nurcan Ozagi. |
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Petal PoolDuncan performed 'Petal Pool' at the Utrophia space in Deptford (30
July 2008): a work which opened with a spotlit mound of earth. Appearing
to burst forth from the heap were red chrysanthemum flowers, a jug and
bottle of water stood close by. Casting high shadows throughout, Duncan
mixed water, earth and flowers, washed and drank before writhing in the
muddy heap. This performance was filmed by Sanguinearts artist Benjamin
Whitaker, and we hope to be able to screen
the film here at some point in the future. |
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Autumn (Vetyver)To mark the closing of the Durling Ward Gallery Deptford, Duncan hosted the event 'So Long Home Sweet Home', 14 June 2008. Duncan performed the piece 'Autumn (Vetyver)' which involved water and the leaves from the previous autumn. He unveiled a new mountain drawing which was the backdrop to both the performance and the event. As part of the work Duncan asked the assembled crowd to pass around his camera to record the event. Some of the resulting images he composed into a collage which is displayed on this page. Later in the evening the band Chubby Nest performed. |
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AntlersAt the Montague Arms SE15 (8 May 2008) he performed a work called Antlers, which involved antlers, horn, branches water and soap. Duncan crawled, drank and washed, whilst illuminated in red with twinkling blue constellations above. This work was filmed by Benjamin Whitaker and we have some images displayed on this page. |
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Untitled (Besame Mucho Mas)Duncan collaborated with artist Elizabeth Klanga to create the performance 'Untitled (Besame Mucho Mas)'. This, his second such work, was performed at Chat's Palace as part of an annual valentines day event (14 Feb 2008). Images from this performance can be seen on this page. |
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loo roll paintings (2000) |
birthday card (2001) |
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sky closet (2000) |
liquid paintings (1997) |
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