Alex Danko b. 1950

  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
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Jacqueline Clayton
1950
Artist (Ceramist), Artist (Installation Artist)

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Alex Danko artist has consistently drawn upon his own history in his artworks. His suburban upbringing—its banality, architectural tropes and seemingly anti-intellectual ethos—in addition to his family’s dark (Ukrainain)humour have been consistent themes. Danko has also worked with a series of repetitive motifs, the most notable of which is a simple house form... ¶

Although Alex is versed in a range of disciplines, for the most part his practice remains firmly grounded within the world of objects. Using language as his starting point, he transforms sound, speech, rhymes, puns and repetitions into something more concrete. Akin to poetry, these text-based pieces are short and sharp, designed to be read aloud, vocalised and performed. ¶

Ref - Museum of Contemporary Art & Uni of Melbourne ¶
Danko's work is held in many public collections.