Dadara
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Dadara began his artistic career in the early nineties designing flyers and record covers, and doing live-paintings for the then burgeoning electronic dance scene. This early work, as well as projects such as the Dadababy speakers and the Greyman Statue of No Liberty, marked the start of an impressive career as a painter, installation- and performance artist, designer, and cartoonist. Since the turn of the century, his focus has shifted towards extravagant interactive performance-installations in public space. This includes starting his own bank and creating a religion based on social media. Many of these creations were built at the legendary Burning Man event in the Nevada desert. His work is a kind of tweaked mirror which reflects our society, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Perhaps a black mirror, but one that has a rainbow at the end of the tunnel.
Instead of focusing on everything that went wrong, I started realizing what was happening: a unique moment in time. It was so amazing to walk the empty streets of Amsterdam during lockdown. I realized as an artist I had to capture this moment and started treating the city as my canvas/playground.
Besides focusing on the empty city as my canvas/playground I also started collaborating a lot with other artists and I feel that this is an amazing time for collaborations. Everybody has more time to collaborate, because there’s no busy schedule preventing the opportunity to grab a coffee or beer and start brainstorming with another artist you feel connected with. And it’s a great time to support each other.
Never give up and keep focusing on your own inner vision, not on likes or dislikes…
Instagram is the best option for me to check out art now that museums and galleries are closed.
Dadara
[ visit website ]
Dadara began his artistic career in the early nineties designing flyers and record covers, and doing live-paintings for the then burgeoning electronic dance scene. This early work, as well as projects such as the Dadababy speakers and the Greyman Statue of No Liberty, marked the start of an impressive career as a painter, installation- and performance artist, designer, and cartoonist. Since the turn of the century, his focus has shifted towards extravagant interactive performance-installations in public space. This includes starting his own bank and creating a religion based on social media. Many of these creations were built at the legendary Burning Man event in the Nevada desert. His work is a kind of tweaked mirror which reflects our society, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Perhaps a black mirror, but one that has a rainbow at the end of the tunnel.
Instead of focusing on everything that went wrong, I started realizing what was happening: a unique moment in time. It was so amazing to walk the empty streets of Amsterdam during lockdown. I realized as an artist I had to capture this moment and started treating the city as my canvas/playground.
Besides focusing on the empty city as my canvas/playground I also started collaborating a lot with other artists and I feel that this is an amazing time for collaborations. Everybody has more time to collaborate, because there’s no busy schedule preventing the opportunity to grab a coffee or beer and start brainstorming with another artist you feel connected with. And it’s a great time to support each other.
Never give up and keep focusing on your own inner vision, not on likes or dislikes…
Instagram is the best option for me to check out art now that museums and galleries are closed.