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(3.47 - 272 votes)About Danyol:
Danyol was born in 1970 in Orange County, California just a stone’s throw away from Disneyland. Growing up he nourished himself on a steady diet of pop art, cubism, and sarcasm. danyol’s use of his own life and surroundings combine to form a dizzying combination of colors, patterns, and textures. These are then masked out by definitive figures and shapes, somehow bringing some definition to his chaos. While bright and smile inducing on initial viewing, look closely at the found objects collaged in the background; they leave hints as to the deeper meaning of the painting. Look at it from one angle and it is seemingly straight forward, but look from another angle in different lighting, and the painting becomes much more.
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Tonight at The Lab, pop artist danyol and author/poet Michelle Tea will emcee the 5th Annual Thread|Bare Striptease Auction and Runway Show, a “cele...
An Art Opening Reception And Fundraiser For Haiti, With A Twist
This event will have no shortage of things to look at: next Monday March 1st, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and San Francisco artist danyol are ...
Monday Tidbits
I haven't done a Monday Tidbit column in probably two years, but many great pictures from a kick-ass weekend is definitely dictates it today. On Satur...
Danyol -- Aod
"you have to go live with daddy" 2008 "elizabeth taylor's phonebook" 2008. more here....
Danyol
everything else looks different....
Love this…
Comment by Kristen — May 15, 2008
thanks, roger for the insight. the paper that i used in the bottom piece is over 100 years old already so i think it is a yellow as it is going to get. i also use a varnish sealer over all my work to prevent that from happening further.
glad you like my stuff!
Comment by danyol — May 15, 2008
His colors and subjects pop in every sense of the word “pop.” I like the timeline of his site; it’s very thorough. And I kind of prefer his late 90′s early 00′s animal pieces a little more than his humanoids…they vibrate with imagination and remind of me of illuminated stained-glass.
Comment by Sammylambs — May 15, 2008
of all the pieces they could’ve picked, these two are kind of boring. your work as a whole is very good, and some of the pieces are just wonderful but these two are poor representations.
Comment by fiona — May 15, 2008
It’s official. There is a retro movement of Pop Art in San Francisco. Where does it come from? Get the book called “Pop Art” there are several. Poop Art was my childhood. Pop art was my teenage years. I’m biased.
To danyol I warn you of archival problems. That pattern paper is going to turn yellow and then flake off. It is not how you say “archival” same for the board games. Best to copy the found art with C prints then paint over it.
Comment by Roger Sadler — May 15, 2008
These are some of the first great paintings I’ve seen here in quite a while. It has a Johns feel with the texture, is it encaustic?
Comment by thomas — May 15, 2008
I love this piece. It catches my eye and the style looks very modern.
Comment by Andrea N. Martinez — May 15, 2008
This are super cool in a funky way!
Comment by Lea — May 15, 2008
I love this style/technique. It’s seems to be getting very popular. Every show I attend locally seem to have more and more artist trying it out.
It’s worthy style and technique. Danyol does a great job with it. Great use of Pop Art traditions.
I’m yet aware of its origin. But if anyone knows. Please let us know.
Comment by jaems — May 15, 2008
This Saturday, May 17
danyol: At the Seams
at The Box gallery in Costa Mesa, CA
At the Seams is an exhibition bursting with multiple layers and textures. Stitching nostalgia and current events together, danyolâ??s pop-influenced mixed media paintings explore the liminal spaces between surface and emotion; gender role, responsibility and reality; along with other inconsistencies in our fragile social fabric. â??At the Seams showcases this seminal collection by danyol,â? says curator Johnny Sampson. â??Although seemingly innocent and disparate at first glance, danyol sews together narrative, medium, iconography and technique to create a beautiful contextual gestaltâ?.
Comment by Johnny — May 15, 2008