“Tuscan Gold”
Salcheto Winery x Banditto Residency
With
Alec Cumming (UK)
Alec about Tuscan Gold
‘This series was made during my residency with Galeria Banditto in Montefollonico, Tuscany. In these paintings I tried to encounter the same sensations I was getting from being in Tuscany for those ten days. Many things come to mind; the landscape, architecture, the streets of
Montefollonico, winding through the Val d’orcia. I was particularly interested in the light that is there, that ‘Golden Light’. It inspired me so much that I started to use ‘Tuscan Gold’ as a reference to the light around those incredible hills.
I loved so much of the architecture and I wanted that to come through in the work. There are lots of little views, areas around that the eye lingers in for a while.
When the sun comes down - Gouache on paper 50x70
€ 1800 (Inc. frame) ex. VAT
Tuscan Gold - Oil on Canvas 80x80
€ 3500 ex. VAT
Wandering Adventures - Gouache on paper 50x70
€ 1800 (Inc. frame) ex. VAT
Untitled - Oil on Canvas 80x80
€ 3500 ex. VAT
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Alec during his stay in Montefollonico (Tuscany)
About the artist
Alec Cumming graduated in 2007 from Norwich University of the Arts with a degree in Fine Art. He has enjoyed success with a number of major solo shows in London, throughout the UK and abroad. He has spent time working globally and in particular has spent a long time in Delhi, India, where he had a studio at the Niv Art Centre in South Delhi for three years.
Alec exhibited at 9 India Art Fairs and is the youngest artist to have a solo exhibition with the British Council in India. At the India Art Fair 2016 he was selected as 'the one to watch' by the art critics alongside G R Iranna and Francesco Clemente.
In 2017 Alec was selected for a Residency with Dyad Creative in conjunction with Museums in India and the South Asia Collection in the UK. In this space he made a monumental painting project 'Dialogues with India', a series of 4m long mural works considering material memory.
In 2018 Alec had shows in LA and continues to build an audience there with participation in The Other art fairs. In 2019 Alec begun to work with The Edit Gallery in Cyprus, where he had his debut solo exhibition in October 2019.
In 2020, Alec won the Banditto Residency Prize where he spent 10 days working in the idyllic surroundings of Montefollonico.
In 2022 Alec will return to London and LA Exhibiting at The Other Art Fair as well as exhibiting at Fairhurst Gallery, Norwich, UK, and The edit gallery in Cyprus.
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