Aleks Danko b. 1950

Also known as Aleksander Danko
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
One of Australia's leading conceptual artists, the South Australian born Danko has always been concerned with process as much as the objects eventually (or ephemerally) created.
Tags: Object, Conceptual art
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Event
Date
22 April 1972
Place
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
Description

A public performance arranged by Neil Evans in which the arrival of the invited audience was the work: a forerunner of the twenty-first century 'flash mob’

Type
Performance
Tags
Conceptual art, Performance Art, Audience participation
exhibited at
The Situation Now: Object and Post Object Art
Date
16 July 1971 - 6 August 1971
Place
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Curated by Terry Smith and Donald Brook, The Situation Now: Object and Post Object Art, was a survey exhibition of conceptual and experimental works in Australia, sponsored by the Contemporary Art Society (CAS) held at Central Street. David Aspden’s work listed in the catalogue was replaced by a work by James Doolin in the exhibition itself.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
One Central Street
exhibited at
John Kaldor Art Projects 2, Szeemann: I want to leave a nice, well done child here (20 Australian Artists)
Date
29 April 1971 - 13 May 1971
Place
Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

ALSO: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, with additional installation by Mike Brown

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sculpture 1970: the fourth Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Date
28 February 1970 - 18 April 1970
Place
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
Type
Exhibition
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  • Liverpool Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Project 9: Documents, Film, Video (exhibited at)
  • Project 3: Objects (exhibited at)
  • Object and Idea: New Work by Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • 'Sculpturscape '73', 5th Mildura Triennial (exhibited at)
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  • Songs of Australia Vol 9: Uh-oh the Chinese are coming (take-away mix) (Contemporary project series) (exhibited at)
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  • Australian Perspecta 1999: Talkback (exhibited at)
  • Australian and New Zealand Post-Object Show- A Survey (exhibited at)
  • "Post-Object Show" Revisited (exhibited at)
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  • A programme of exhibitions 1 (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture 1970: the fourth Mildura Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Born to concrete: the Heide collection (exhibited at)
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