Commission, 2014, Daniel Agdag
Cardboard, trace paper, 58.5cm x 30.5cm x 30.5cm
Provenance: MARS Gallery, Melbourne.
Daniel Agdag is an Australian artist and filmmaker. Whilst his pieces are created primarily from cardboard, he has recently begun creating in steel, wood and glass as part of translating his elaborate ideas into large scale public art sculptures. Using modern industrial methods, he has been able to enlarge his forms, whilst retaining their complex allure. His work has been described as architectural in form, whimsical in nature and inconceivably intricate.
Agdag describes his process as ‘sketching with card-board’, as he makes no detailed plans or drawings of the pieces he creates - he works entirely intuitively. Like 3D drawing, he builds the work up piece by piece, section by section, always assessing it in relation to the entirety of the parts. He will redesign or remake any number of components until deemed suitable for both their purpose, placement and appearance. Whilst the work often examines complex machines the over-engineering of simple tasks with intricate technologies. It is also a tangible manifestation of how he sees and interprets the world (1).