A. R. T.
Tom Duncan: Portrait of Tom with a Migraine Headache
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Explores the memory pieces that Duncan creates which refer to real-life events from his early youth in Scotland during World War II, and later in New York City following his immigration in 1947. His work often appropriates toy figures and other found objects, but just as often he fabricates miniature sculpted and painted clay figures cast in plaster, then places them against a drawn and hand-colored or collaged backdrop. Mixing humor, religion, sexuality and politics, he ultimately defuses them through a layering of contradictory emotions that are both childlike and chillingly adult.
Please note: This title contains adult themes and may not be suitable for younger readers.