Tin Gods

In Duncan Mountford’s solo show, Tin Gods, Mountford presents what he describes as “context explosion” through his practice  at the intersection of sculpture, drawing, writing, and installation. In a new body of work, Mountford presents three sculptures from his “Tin Gods” series of triptych cabinets, and an artist book of ink and watercolour drawings. Resembling altarpieces  from Mountford’s Roman Catholic upbringing, the Tin Gods are sculptural curiosity cabinets containing model interiors alluding to a breadth of references ranging from  theatrical spaces to old science-fiction television, occult stories to weapons development, ruins that litter cities, and dream spaces at the edge of nightmares and dystopian futures. The wings of these triptych altarpieces portray scenes that suggest an unknown timepoint in which nature has ultimately taken over. In what Mountford describes as a “sense of a world that resonates with ghosts from the future”, Tin Gods captures our current historical moment of unstated narratives leading to multiple, potentially foreboding futures — of which the presence of humanity and its role  is unclear.

About Project Space 110 新店藝術空間

Project Space 110 is a new, non-commercial and artist-run gallery located in the Xindian district of New Taipei City, Taiwan — by the scenic Bitan riverside. Our physical and digital spaces aim to promote experimental work by local artists dedicated to their practice, and foster connections between the diverse art communities we engage with in Taiwan and abroad. Our ground floor gallery consists of a street-facing Main Room, Back Room, and additional smaller experimental spaces. The upper floors house the art studios of gallery co-founders Jocelyn Shu, Tim Budden, and Dang Yang. Project Space 110 is by appointment outside of scheduled events (projectspace110@gmail.com; Instagram: @space110_gallery) and located by Xindian MRT station green line.