Tag: Daan Botlek

Daan Botlek x the If Paradise Is Half As Nice project in Leipzig, Germany

Dutch visual artist Daan Botlek is back in Leipzig, Germany invited to take part of the always interesting project If Paradise Is Half As Nice for which he created a series of interesting pieces that clearly reflect his interest in experimenting with site-specific installations and new ways of presenting his work. Botlek’s characters, often simple and site-specific, interact with the surrounding architectural elements in the…

Daan Botlek “Stepping Stone Rat Race” New mural in Rotterdam

Netherlandish artist Daan Botlek just finished some days ago this new mural in Rotterdam. The wall, titled “Stepping Stone Rat Race” and curated by Operacles gallery depicts some of Botlek’s signature characters running across the picture plane in an almost desperate race. As in the rest of Botlek’s work, his characters are simple and often site-specific, and interact with the…

Daan Botlek x St. Art India in Mumbai

Here another fantastic mural by Dutch artist & illustrator Daan Botlek whose minimalistic artworks seem to have a life of their own interacting with the environment around them in the most amazing ways. Botlek spent few weeks in India, traveling and painting, and taking part of the St+Art India Festival in Mumbai for which he created this new piece titled “Continental Drift” at a local…

Daan Botlek x Le M.U.R. Mulhouse in Mulhouse, France

Dutch artist Daan Botlek was recently in France where he painted this lovely mural for the Le MUR Mulhouse a couple of weeks ago. Botlek’s characters are just awesome, often simple and site-specific, with an amazing ability to interact with the surrounding architectural elements and the painted surface in the most unexpected and witty ways creating the illusion of…

Daan Botlek x If Paradise Is Half As Nice #3 In Leipzig, Germany

I’m just loving this new work by Dutch artist Daan Botlek whose silhouetted characters and abstract images clearly managed to catch my attention. Botlek’s characters, often simple and site-specific, interact with the surrounding architectural elements in the most unexpected ways creating the illusion of volume and bringing them to life like in the case of ‘Gulliver’ (image above) On the…