Accidental / Intentional - Barcelona 2025

A beautiful thing happened during the show. Someone came up to me and showed me an image they just snapped on their phone in front of the gallery of a bunch of wires in circles. They said, look I can make a Douglas photograph too. I laughed and said that’s amazing.

It’s amazing because, that is the art. It’s not the photographs, the sculpture or the videos. It’s an attempt to change perceptions of reality. To think differently. To walk down the same street you always do and see shapes you’ve never seen. It’s an attempt to show that beauty and creation can still grow and reveal itself.

It’s an attempt to be open to what the world is showing you. It’s an attempt to listen, and in return it might just show you some of your own work and thoughts reinterpreted.

For years I’ve snapped photos of objects, colors, shapes, anything that stopped me dead in my tracks. Every left or right turn is part of the project. Collecting the accidental sculptures and paintings left by the universe for someone to notice.

Or it’s just pictures of trash…

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Accidental / Intentional

The world is crumbling, yet shapes still stop me cold.
There is beauty.
Not the kind that’s planned, but the kind that’s left behind.
Accidental, almost perfectly placed.
Proof something’s getting through the cracks.

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Some selections I showcased. I’m grateful to be able to present these to an audience in this setting and be surrounded by some lovely humans as a result. Looking forward to sharing more of these as I go on top of all the other directions and mediums I want to explore.

The show its self was a massive hit. Over 300 people attended the opening reception. It was a real honor to present with some incredibly talented artists.

Caravana Barcelona 2025

Lisanne Haack
Flávio Malaguti
Douglas Robert McCurdy
Julie Bender Herdina
Roberto Rivadeneira
Panda Waack
Tyler Givens

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📸 - myself

❤️‍🔥

Outside the gallery on opening night. - Caravana Barcelona 2025

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A packed house. A lovely night celebrating creation.

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A live dance performance by Panda Waack

📸 - Me

Me with my full display.

10 prints of photographs
2 video displays of found light sculptures
“Concrete Garden 001” sculpture.

Copper pipes powder coated and placed, much like flowers in a vase.

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Someone enjoying taking some photos of “Concrete Garden 001”

📸 - Me

A few people taking in “AM Radio” from Accidental / Intentional

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A few more from Accidental / Intentional

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Flowing from one artists display to another. Leaving my display and entering Flávio Malaguti’s.

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People enjoying the evening, having some drinks and connecting surrounded by creation.

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Right as the show opened up. People got there early to take in the work before the crowds. A visitor taking in Lisanne Haack’s work.

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Lisanne in front of a flier out on the streets in Barcelona. This one was one of my photos from Accidental / Intentional - “Concrete Crucifix”

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Posing with the sculpture. I signed the cone and left it on the street after the show.

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Me, Lisanne Haack and Flávio Malaguti for CARAVANA PRESENTS

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Flavio looking handsome as hell in front of his work.

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Lisanne looking cool as fuck in front of her work.

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That’s a wrap. A lovely gathering. Until next time!

📸 - Zoe M Matalon

Accidental / Intentional

The world is crumbling, yet shapes still stop me cold.

There is beauty.

Not the kind that's planned, but the kind that's left behind.

Accidental, almost perfectly placed.

Proof something's getting through the cracks.

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