{"id":52317,"date":"2024-02-21T19:54:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=52317"},"modified":"2024-02-21T20:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T16:00:13","slug":"zhivago-duncan-the-rare-but-known-phenomenon-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/zhivago-duncan-the-rare-but-known-phenomenon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"<mark>CLOSING TODAY<\/mark> Zhivago Duncan: The Rare But Known Phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a pleasure to find an artist who is prepared to expand on their principles, and to do with Zhivago Duncan&#8217;s level of articulation. &#8220;Within this new collection,&#8221; writes Duncan, &#8220;I have endeavoured to distill the complexity of ideas and images into a meditative practice that mirrors the cycles of nature, whether it be the gentle unfolding of a sunrise, the fiery blaze of a sunset, or any other natural phenomenon typically devoid of philosophical interpretation &#8230; In the current landscape of our world, characterised by pervasive confusion and a prevailing sense of complacency in personal and material achievements, I am compelled to recognise the interconnectedness of humanity as a collective entity &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Duncan says he aims to challenge the conventional understanding of colour through his paintings: &#8220;its existence is not absolute but rather contingent upon perception&#8221;. And &#8220;like a palate cleanser between sushi courses, these paintings serve to clear the cluttered recesses of the mind and realign one&#8217;s focus on the present moment &#8230; With each brushstroke, I remain anchored in the present, embracing the transient beauty of this moment in time&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">It&#8217;s a pleasure to find an artist who is prepared to expand on their principles, and to do with Zhivago Duncan&#8217;s level of articulation. &#8220;Within this new collection,&#8221; writes Duncan, &#8220;I have endeavoured to distill the complexity of ideas and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/zhivago-duncan-the-rare-but-known-phenomenon-2\/\" title=\"CLOSING TODAY Zhivago Duncan: The Rare But Known Phenomenon\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[50,96],"class_list":["post-52317","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","tribe_events_cat-art","tribe_events_cat-exhibition","cat_art","cat_exhibition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/52317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/52317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52317"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=52317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}