Daniel Agdag | Engineered Cardboard | The Art Hunter | Episode 67 | Now LIVE

In this episode of The Art Hunter, David Hunt talks to the artist Daniel Agdag on how he developed his amazing unique sculptures using recycled cardboard.    

Daniel Agdag is an artist and filmmaker based in Melbourne, Australia, whose practice sits at the nexus of sculpture and motionography. He creates highly detailed sculptural pieces that have been described as architectural in form, whimsical and antiquated in nature, and inconceivably intricate. Daniel predominately works in cardboard. Drawn to its utilitarian origins and monochromatic presentation, he creates a paradox of fragility and strength with structures that resemble architectural forms and machines.

Cardboard is Daniel’s primary medium. Drawn to its utilitarian origins and monochromatic presentation, he creates a paradox of fragility and strength with structures that resemble architectural forms and machines by utilising a medium that is essentially paper, preserving them under glass vitrines or bell jars. His work is both delicate and eccentric and his process is very much

akin to freehand drawing – he spends a lot of time thinking and absorbing objects in the built environment, their peculiar details and functions, which, once resolved in his mind, begin to slowly emerge, fitting together to compliment the overall idea.

Daniel describes his work as ‘expressions of symbolic self-analysis reconstructed in three-dimensional form’ – mechanical manifestations of his thoughts, ideas, and ancestral stories. He takes inspiration from the overlooked, concealed mechanisms and systems that enable the industrialised world to function, and often explores the playful, fantastical realms of invention and imagination.

Whilst his work is predominantly realised in cardboard he has made work in steel, wood, and glass in recent years as part of translating his elaborate ideas into large-scale public art sculptures. His recent stop-motion film The Lost Property Office was shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2018 and won Jury Prize for Best Animated Short at Newport Beach Film Festival in 2019.

 Source: https://messumslondon.com/artists/daniel-agdag/

In The Art Hunter, David Hunt explores the artist with an in-depth look into their background; where they came from, the type and work they do, their latest work, and where they see the future.

Host: David Hunt

Producers: David Hunt and Simon Barnett (https://etainment.com.au/)

Director: Tim Barnett 

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