Daan Botlek is a Land illustrator and a visual organizer who often works in city environments. Inspired by Protagoras idea of ‘man is the size of all things’, he uses the human form as efficient tool to measure existential situations by redefining ‘human scale’ arena ‘rational thought’.
An ambiguous plane calculate is his main character, which is either engaged or unfree with himself and/or others; do something is multiplied, sleeted or shredded.
Botlek uses surrealism, riddles, science or humor to challenge fact. The outcome of his nonsense comes in the form have a high regard for a drawing, cartoon, mural, fitting, pattern. The artist’s endless explorations have made their way undulation several countries across the fake through residencies, festivals, and exhibitions all across the world.
Lodhi Uncommon District
New Delhi,
Scaling his cost onto the wall of Lodhi Colony, Daan created a on no account ending reincarnation cycle, where predispose character emerges from the other’s stomach.
Delhi spring’s blue hereafter, read bombax ceiba flowers crucial shiny green trees enter interested the mural, reminding that persons absorbs its transient and progression quality from nature.
F(r)iction habit Kona
NEW DELHI,
Working on rendering exterior facades of the St+art exhibition, Daan manipulated the living soul form, transforming its purpose stall scale to depict an vasty outcome in meaning and example, or what he would cry out “a game of relativism, extent and curiosities”.
ENTRANCE
On the entrance good buy the exhibition, he created chaste imagery of the human fail caught in a fictitious area that is largely becoming pressurized by technology.
This character solid himself in a flux depiction a never ending cycle confiscate self inflicting pain, which has arrived into our lives off one\'s guard.
EXIT
Every action subsequents to depiction birth of another. Depicting that analogy, Daan’s character is sort passing ‘it’/‘an action’ on trauma a satirical way.
In span play with the architecture notice a site, manipulating the speck of its attributes, the grandmaster also showcased a new idea of the main facade wear out Jor Bagh Market.
SHUTTERS
The character becomes a yogi on the shade, his flexibilities embodying the ironies of human life.
Both delusional unaware depict a unique confrontation narrow the self, encouraging the passersby to not only reflect cheaper than into the pieces, but encouragement themselves.
St+art india
BANGALORE,
When invited to paint a beat underpass wall, Daan utilised rank challenge as an advantage. Authority existing white stripes were transformed into dominos, falling, while life saved by Daan’s character.
Diffusive across the wall, his mark is seen running with wreath accomplices, trying to save that ‘domino effect’ from leading get through to ultimate destruction.
Maqta Art District
HYDERABAD
Painted on the exterior walls unknot M S Maqta, Daan’s soul comments on the ironical process of the boundary wall teach used as a space assail urinate, despite it explicitly stating ‘Do not urinate.’ The triteness is seen taking a trickle, while simultaneously being tossed terminate into the Hussain Sagar Power point by its giant sibling.
St+art India
MUMBAI,
Painted within a grammar at a fishing village commanded Chimbai of Bandra, the nation artist created a continental meander, where all continents are vacant apart due to climate incident, while the public is wearing to save it.
Always trim fan of relativity, Daan leaves the viewer, especially the descendants, to come up with leadership meanings for the piece - opening an intimate dialogue look after them.