Casado Dan | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Casado Dan
- France
Painter
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Art is the tool to re-construct the world. Art is my key.
Dan was born and raised in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. He studied graphic design in art school where he met his future wife, Julia Sisi. But the classical education seemed too simplistic for the two young artists. They dreamed of freedom. Together, they dropped out in search of a pure artistic language, detached from any theoretical or aesthetic influence. They abandoned themselves to painting instinctively, following the path traced by the artists of the Art Brut (Outsider Art) movement (Jean Dubuffet). In 1981, fleeing the dictatorial regime of their country, they moved to Barcelona where they worked in antiques for a while. Dan salvaged scraps of restored wood furniture to make sculptures. In 2003, they left the continent to move to El Hierro, a small volcanic island in the Canary Islands, where they established their home workshop. Since 2006, they have participated in many exhibitions around the world. Isolated without being reclusive, they are members of Who-Ha-Da-Da Outsider Art Group and NeoOutsiders, the international group of artists.
In their green paradise, Dan works facing the ocean to the sound of 60s Blues and Soul music. Creating is for him a way to "re-build the world." Recycling takes on artistic and ecological significance. Giving a second life to discarded materials and turning them into works of art, Dan questions man's view of materials. In his highly coloured portraits, he combines natural elements with pasted newspapers. He plays on the transparency of the medium to create backgrounds that are rich in detail. Text rubs shoulders with paint in perfect harmony. Dan defines the various figures (people, animals) by thick black outlining to make them stand out better. His works offer an alternative to reality by transporting us to a happy dream world.
- France :
- 2013ExhibitionDetroit, United States of America (the)
- 2012ExpositionChiangMai, Thailand
- 2007Participation in the Folk FestAtlanta, United States of America (the)
- 2006Participation in the Raw Arts FestivalValence, Spain
- 1956BirthMar del Plata, Argentina
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67 Artworks
Casado Dan
The beach
13 x 13 cm120 €Casado Dan
Brothers
13 x 13 cm120 €Casado Dan
The siren
13 x 13 cm120 €Casado Dan
Paris
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Quiet place
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Friends
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Black hats
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Black cat
13 x 13 cm120 €Casado Dan
Open house
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
From Paris
13 x 13 cm120 €Casado Dan
Marine dream
50 x 50 cm965 €Casado Dan
Father tree
50 x 50 cm965 €Casado Dan
Mr Tree
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
The book
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Flying
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
The light
80 x 80 cm2.120 €Casado Dan
Redday
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
The city
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
Sailing
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Tree keepers
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Under the red sun
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
White tree
13 x 13 cm120 €Casado Dan
Sunshine
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Friends
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Red mountains
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
Under the sun
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
Bee man
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
Country life
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
Piano
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
The mountain
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
The car
13 x 13 cm120 €Casado Dan
Touching the moon
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
The book
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Going home
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
Big city
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Playing
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Friends
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Mermaid
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Vulcano
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
The nest
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Waves
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Greenland
13 x 13 cm120 €Casado Dan
Volcano
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
In the air
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
The bottle
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Watermelon man
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Three feathers
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
The fish
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Love letters
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Thinking green
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Walker
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
Flying with birds
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Under the sun
19 x 19 cm180 €Casado Dan
Fishes in the sky
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
Stripped cat
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Coffee
36 x 36 cm495 €Casado Dan
The travel
80 x 80 cm2.120 €Casado Dan
In the meantime
50 x 50 cm965 €Casado Dan
Red fish
25 x 25 cm285 €Casado Dan
Tree man
25 x 25 cm285 €