alec cumming catalogue of new works 2014
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Alec Cumming, collection of new works 2014TRANSCRIPT
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Alec Cumming
New Works
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Alec Cumming
New Works
Art 18/21
The Old Skating Rink Gallery
34-36 Bethel Street
Norwich
NR2 1NR
UK
Gallery open 9:30am – 5:00pm Mon to Sat and by appointment
Mb: +44 (0) 7879 673419
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 763345
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.art1821.com
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Select Exhibitions:
2014, 6th Edition Indian Art Fair, Exhibited by Art 18/21, UK
2013/2014, To Wander To Lust, solo show - touring, NUA Gallery, UK
2013, The Black Frame Project, Indigo Blue Gallery, Singapore
2013, Earthly Epics Paradise Spice, solo show Art 18/21 Norwich UK
2013, India Art Fair, New Delhi, India, exhibited by Art 18/21, UK
2012, To Wander, To Lust, The Queens Gallery, British Council, New Delhi, India, solo show
2012, Val Baroda, MS University Gallery, Baroda, India, Group Show
2012, Summer Bodies, Art 18/21, Norwich, UK
2012, India Art Fair, New Delhi, India, Exhibited By Art 18/21, UK
2011, A Language of its Own, Alan Wheatley Art, Mayfair, London, solo show
2011, 3rd
India Art Summit, New Delhi, India, Exhibited By Art 18/21, UK
2010, New Paintings, ICA Gallery Jaipur, India
2010, The Touch of Paint, with Maggi Hambling, Art 18/21, UK
2010, Forms that Flow, Alan Wheatley Art, Mayfair, London, solo show
Biography:
2007, BA (Hons) Fine Art,
Norwich University of Art, Norwich, UK
2004, Diploma Fine Art,
Norwich City College, Norwich, UK
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Alec Cumming
New paintings
Alec Cumming steps back to observe his latest canvas, a lighter, bluer version than the two
paintings that sit, still glistening with wet paint, on the floor of his new studio. For the time being a
large, garret like loft-space in North Norwich is home. This new studio space is one of two bases,
the other being in the capital of India, Delhi and Alec now divides his time and work between the
two cities. But for now Alec is back in the UK and doing what he does best, painting.
The last three years have been very productive for Cumming. Those who have been following his
work since 2008, when he starting working with Art 18/21, can see the development in his
painting and enjoy taking the journey with him as his work acquires a new maturity that belies his
still young years. Whilst a new confidence is evident in his recent paintings, the pulse of where he
is going beats ever stronger.
His new canvases are lighter, more assured and the paint zips across the canvas offering the
viewer a number of different options of engagement. Alec’s new confidence in his mark-making
has also left his slightly self-serious images behind and these are replaced with playful humour
and a sense of fun, perfect for a boy discovering his newly developed place in the world of
painting. Bring into play an encouraging and equally playful young muse and Alec’s series of new
works become a joy to behold, a heady mix of confident youth who is now bold enough to offer us
more to play with. Rather than suggestions of things, we are actually given trees, gardens and
balconies. Legs and arms, boy and girl, carpets and mirrors, dogs and parrots all tease each
other in the wet paint and invite us in to join in the game.
Alec Cumming; new paintings available at Art 18/21. Please contact the Gallery for a pricelist.
Laura Williams June 2014
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New Blue
Oil on canvas
92 x 92 cm
2014
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Rushing On
Oil on canvas
132 x 122 cm
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Through The Garden
Oil on canvas
122 x 132 cm
2013
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Untitled
Oil on canvas
76 x 91 cm
2013
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Moonlight Swing
Oil on canvas
91 x 107 cm
2014
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Shore Time ON Time
Oil on canvas
168 x 152 cm
2013
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For The Time I Will
Oil on canvas
61 x 61 cm
2013
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We Sail Tonight for Singapore
Oil on canvas
61 x 61 cm
2013
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Your Painting Again
Oil on canvas
50 x 45 cm
2013
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Playful Little Flower
Oil on canvas
50 x 45 cm
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Smooth Night
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 cm
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I Went To The Garden
Oil on canvas
50 x 45 cm
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For more information please contact:
Art 18/21
The Old Skating Rink Gallery
34-36 Bethel Street
Norwich
NR2 1NR
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 763345
Mob: +44 (0) 7879673419
+91 9958644810 (India)
Web: www.art1821.com
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