Duncan Passmore
Symbolicae Dominandi Art Basel Public Program
Enveloped worlds of subconscious marks are smeared, erased and buffed to uncover hidden structures that allow the viewer to discern for themselves that which unravelsbefore them. Apophenia (the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things, such as objects or ideas) frees the work from the constraints of tangible representation, allowing meaning to be discerned individually. Balancing this is the juxtaposition with a „Gestalt based order of things“ to anchor new approaches to balance, shape, form, space, light, colour, movement, dynamics and expression. Paintings, murals and installations are experimented with to connect the fragments between figuration and abstraction. Gestures are offered whilst allowing meaning to unfold towards an unknown sense of the familiar.
Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2025 Veiled embodiment, ELEVEN TEN STUDIO, Basel
2024 Humane Waze, Zum Schmale Wurf, Basel
2019 In the corner of an unrendered room, Galerie 42b, Paris
Group
2024 Finally Saturday, salts/ Art Basel Public Program, Basel
2023 Streifen, Galerie Mega, Prague
2023 Papery, Retramp Gallery, Berlin
2023 Last Thursday, Studio Rangsdorf, Brandenburg
2023 Abstract Alchemy, Detail Gallery, Edinburgh
2023 Winter Show, Detail Gallery, Edinburgh
2021 WƐ60, With Lionel Riga, Gr und Projectspace, Berlin
2021 Time forms, With Rob Blake, Gr und Projectspace, Berlin
2022 Mays Wave’amear. Kelburn Arts and Music festival, Largs
2022 I got you Covered, Culterim Gallery, Berlin
2019 (Urban Art Fair Paris), Galerie 42b Stand, Paris
2018 Pro Abstraction, Swinton Gallery, Madrid
2018 Blue Pencil, Korin, Kyoto
2018 Apophenia, W.E.L.T. Gr und Projectspace, Berlin
2018 The joy of destruction, Galerie 42b, Paris
2018 Urban Art Fair Paris, Galerie 42b, Paris
2018 Narrative Realities, GossamerFog, London
2017 48 Hours Neukölln, Berlin
2017 Core remission, Gr und Projectspace. Berlin
2017 Ying Colosseum II, Public intervention, Dresden
2017 Ying Colosseum I, Public intervention, Berlin
2017 Berlín Papers, Espacio La Cochera / The Art Union, Santiago
