DANIEL AGDAG ARTIST FICTITIOUS REALITIES A GROUP EXHIBITION CURATED BY ROBERT LIDSAY THE GALLERY AT BAYSIDE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTRE 1 JULY – 3 SEPTEMBER, 2017
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DA N I E L AG DAG A RT I S T
F I C T I T I O U S R E A L I T I E S A G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N C U R AT E D B Y R O B E R T L I D S AY
T H E G A L L E RY AT B AY S I D E A RT S & C U LT U R A L C E N T R E
1 J U LY – 3 S E P T E M B E R , 2 0 1 7
DA N I E L AG DAG Born in Victoria in 1976, Daniel Agdag is an Australian artist and filmmaker. The son
of Armenian immigrants, Agdag studied fine art before turning his hand to filmmaking
and receiving his Masters in Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts
in 2007.
He will tell you that he makes things out of cardboard. He’s modest. This declaration
in no way illuminates the delicate form and eccentric narrative of his work. To say he
pushes the medium to its limits is an understatement. His process is very much akin
to freehand drawing. He spends a great deal of time thinking and absorbing objects in
the built environment, their peculiar details and functions, which leads him to form
narratives. Once this is firmly resolved in his mind, various components of the work
begin to slowly emerge, fitting together to compliment the overall idea.
This narrative is the blueprint from which he works, it informs every component; it’s
place, how each relates to the other, and most importantly, the proportions. The pains-
taking proportions, the key factor that drives his aesthetic. Like drawing, he builds the
work up piece by piece, section by section, always assessing it in relation to the entirety
of the parts.
The build is entirely intuitive, Agdag describes his process as ‘sketching with card-
board’, as he makes no detailed plans or drawings of the pieces he creates. 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. There is a logic, reason and purpose that allows Agdag to some-
how make sense of everything around him.
Whilst his pieces are created entirely from the unassuming medium of cardboard, he
has realised his creations in steel, wood and glass in recent years as part of translating
his elaborate ideas into large scale public art sculptures. Using modern industrial
methods, he has been able to fabricate his forms, retaining their hypnotically complex
allure. His work has been described as architectural in form, whimsical in nature and
inconceivably intricate.
THE GENERAL, 2014_
Cardboard and Trace Paper540mm (h) x 280mm (w) x 280mm (d)
Private Collection
CONTRAPTION, 2016_
Cardboard and Trace Paper1100mm (h) x 600mm (w) x 600 mm (d)
SETS FOR A FILM I’LL NEVER MAKE 2012/2016
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Cardboard and trace paper, dimensions variableinstallation view
SETS FOR A FILM I’LL NEVER MAKE 2012/2016
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Cardboard and trace paper, dimensions variabledetail
SETS FOR A FILM I’LL NEVER MAKE 2012/2016
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Cardboard and trace paper, dimensions variabledetail
SETS FOR A FILM I’LL NEVER MAKE 2012/2016
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Cardboard and trace paper, dimensions variableinstallation view
THE EDITOR, 2015_
Cardboard and Trace Paper520mm (h) x 220mm (w) x 140mm (d)
Private Collection
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EDUCATION
2007 Masters of Film & Television (Animation) Hons 1st Class Victorian College of the Arts
2006 Graduate Diploma Film & Television (Animation) Victorian College of the Arts
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Principles of Aerodynamics MARS Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Sets for a Film I’ll Never Make Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Fictitious Realities Curated by Robert Lindsay The Gallery at Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre
2017 Art Central Hong Kong: MARS Gallery
2016 Art Fair Tokyo: MARS Gallery
2015 Sydney Contemporary: MARS Gallery
2015 Model Urban: Manningham Art Gallery
2014 Melbourne Art Fair: MARS Gallery
2014 Motor Works: Melbourne Grammar Gallery
2013 Sydney Contemporary: MARS Gallery
2013 Paper Nights – Group Show, MARS Gallery
2013 Sustainability – Group Show, Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2011 Paper Arts – Group Show, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
2008 Mary & Max Exhibition – Group Show, ACMI
2008 Paper City, Incinerator Gallery
1995 Group Show, Gertrude Street Gallery
1994 Top Cats - Group Show, National Gallery of Victoria
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PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2015 Chandelier Art Screens, Smith & Co
2014/15 The Wait House - Private Commission, Hermes
2014 The Inspector - Public Outdoor Commission, Hampton Group
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COLLECTIONS
Smorgon Family
Myer Family
Hackett Family
McClelland Gallery
Hermès, Paris
CURRICULUM V ITAE
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015 Book – “The Art of Cardboard”, by Lori Zimmer Publisher: Rockport Publishers (USA)
2015 Book – “Paradise of Paper Art 2 - The World of Dance Paper”, Publisher: DesignerBooks, (China)
2014 Feature Article – “Imaginative Industrial Flying Machines” by Johnny Strategy Colossal: Art, Design and Visual Culture (USA)
2014 “Der Alleskleber” Architectural Digest, Issue 154, (Germany)
2013 Feature Article – “Cardboard City” by Annemarie Kiely Vogue Living, Sept/Oct Issue (Australia)
2013 Feature Article – “Intricate Details” The Proust (Australia)
2012 Feature Article – “Invisible City” by Faye He Surface Magazine, Issue 47 (China)
2012 Feature Article – “It’s a Cardboard World”by Katherine Dunn Frame Magazine (Amsterdam)
2012 Feature Article – “The Unbelievably Intricate Cardboard Sculptures of Daniel Agdag” by Christopher Jobson Colossal: Art, Design and Visual Culture (USA)
2012 Featured Article – “ Paper City Architect” by Ying Zhu and Gideon Egger Notes on the Road (New York)
2012 Feature Article – “Sculpture is out of the box” by Simon Plant Herald Sun (Melbourne)
2012 Feature Article – “ Truly Astounding things of Cardboard” The Age (Melbourne)
2012 Feature Article – “Danile Agdag construye maquinas fantasticas con carton de cajas” by Helena Celdrán 20 Minutos (Spain)
2012 Feature Article – “Extrem realistische Pappskulpturen von Daniel Agdag” Me-Magazine (Germany)
2012 Feature Article – “Cardboard Creator” Daily Mail (UK)
CURRICULUM V ITAE
CURRICULUM V ITAE
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AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 WINNER Yoram Gross Animation Award LOST PROPERTY OFFICE
2017 WINNER Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director LOST PROPERTY OFFICE
2013 Screen Australia - Talent Escalator Grant ‘Lost Property Office’
2009 Screen Australia - Development Fund
2008 AFI Nomination – ‘Best Short Animated Film’ PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS
2008 Jim Marks Scholarship Victorian College of the Arts
07-09 Short Animation Licensed for Television broadcast - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS SBS Television “SOS Shorts”
2007 Dendy Award – Sydney Film Festival ‘Most Innovative’ PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS
2007 ‘Brian Robinson Memorial Script Award’ TOIL
2006 ‘Kodak Award for Best Cinematography’ PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS
2006 Film Victoria Award for Best Animation PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS
2006 Animal Logic Script Award for Best Script PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS
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SELECTED SCREENINGS
2017 Official Selection Sydney Film Festival LOST PROPERTY OFFICE
2008 Nominee ‘AFI Award for Best Short Animation’ L’Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Awards, Australia
2008 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS ReAnimania - Yerevan International Animation Film Festival
2008 Official Selection - TOIL ‘Interfilm’ - 24th International Short Film Festival, Berlin
2008 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS ‘Castelli Animati’ - 13th International Animated Film Festival, Genzano di Roma, Italy
2008 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
2008 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS ‘Animated Dreams’ 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
2008 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS Anim’est, Bucharest, Romania
2008 Official Selection - TOIL International Animated Film Festival BANJALUKA Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS World Festival of Animated Film ‘Animafest’, Zagreb, Croatia
2007 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS 54th Sydney International Film Festival
2007 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS Brisbane International Film Festival
2007 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS Munich International Festival of Filmschools, Germany
2007 Official Selection - PAPER CITY ARCHITECTS Young Guns International Student Film Festival, Singapore
Andy Dinan+61 412 999 [email protected]
+61 3 9521 75177 James Street, WindsorVictoria 3181, Australia
www.marsgallery.com.au
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Daniel Agdag+61 422 911 [email protected]
www.publicoffice.com.au
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