“SOMETIMES I SUFFER FROM THE FEELING THAT PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED VALUING LIFE, DISPLACED DEATH, AND EVEN STOPPED APPRECIATING THE THINGS THEY PRODUCE OR CONSUME. WE ABANDON WISDOM TO SATISFY OUR OWN PRIDE AND THROW OURSELVES IN SOLITUDE INSTEAD OF MUTUAL JOY. AT THE EXPENSE OF EXPERIENCING THE PRESENT, WE HAVE RECOURSE TO THE IDEA OF SURVIVING IN THE FUTURE.”
- DANIEL PAUL
Daniel Paul was born in Prague, former Czechoslovakia, in 1984. Graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague in 2011. After graduation, he started working in the entertainment industry and devoted himself to free artistic creation.
The formal aspect of his free sculptural work has been changing throughout his life, from abstract works built on products of nature set in public spaces to works created from synthetic materials that have recently been firmly anchored in figural realism. From the content perspective, his current work can be classified as decadent and symbolist, and from the formal point of view, it fits in the categories of realism and pop art.
The way he constructs the figure and plinth refers to the tradition of classical figural sculpture, and his works sometimes resemble heroic dioramas in their form. However, current technologies dominate the methods of processing. The author creates with an eye for detail and an emphasis on the complexity of the whole.
