Daniel Arango is a

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-based artist. He was born in

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in 1982, and at age three his family fled Colombia’s civil war and moved permanently to

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, Florida, United States.
, Official Artist Bio, http://www.danielarango.com, retrieved 26 September 2013. He studied architecture and interior design, receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island.
, Theresa Barbaro, "Daniel Arango Luxe IMMO n°20", http://www.luxe-immo.com, 1 September 2011, retrieved 26 September 2013.

Style and influences

Arango’s latest collection documents two months spent wandering through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in search for inspiration, the culmination of a three-year journey around the world, after which he returned to New York. Daniel's previous work fits into the overarching project he calls the "Holy K movement" (a satirical play on the Kellogg’s brand cereal). The process involves migrating organically from city to city and creating a work for a selected individual, known in his project as a 'Disciple'. Arango says that structured travel is the inspirational source for his work and broadens the scope of his influence. ''Twelve Apostles'' is a large-scale drawing made with inkjet on canvas to create a complexly layered scene, juxtaposing modern images against not only historical and contemporary building facades, but the medium of tapestries as well. The influence of architectonics is also integral to the finished work. Arango values structure and intends for it to be a "departure point from which a freer imagining of form and structure may be conjured."
, "Featured Artist x Daniel Arango", http://www.curbsandstoops.com, 27 April 2011, retrieved 26 September 2013. He has cited his Catholic upbringing as the source for his interest in religion, as well as being influenced by Aubrey Beardsley and the

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movement and Belgian artist Wim Delvoye, whose work also explores the dynamics of the visceral workings of biological consumption. ''Airport Security Checkpoint'' employs Persian motifs to explore the initiation process by which he names "Followers" (art collaborators). Although the work is in black and white, Arango states that it is left monochromatic for the viewer, speaking to the disparity of what modern viewers see and what original artwork was (classical buildings, frescoes, sculpture etc. were vividly colored), and how this change over time mythologizes art. Daniel also has produced a number of short video pieces documenting his process and experience. His work has been featured in the book ''Petite Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public''. The book was conceived as an "atlas of queer affection" and assembles contributions from an intergenerational group of gay men in New York. The book itself was intended to "remind us that public sex is not exclusively about a personal pursuit of pleasure" and in fact contain the "seeds of historical social and political action". Arango's work was an AutoCAD drawing titled "Summer Day on a Lower East Side Fire Escape". Paintings *''Twelve Apostles'', 2010 *''Airport Security Checkpoint'', 2010 *''Top'', 2010 *''Sexy Beach Chairs'', 2010 *''Fernando'', 2009 *''Finger'', 2009 *''Hybrid'', 2010 *''Penis'', 2010 *''Special K'', 2010 *''Eric are you there?'', 2005 *''We could just try'', 2006 Installations *''Chapel'', 2009 *''Confessional'', 2009

Works on Display

In addition to Arango's works being in private collections around the world (USA, Colombia, Norway, Russia, Australia, Thailand, France, Spain), Daniel has also donated works or been asked to donate works to charities such as

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and Young AFIKIM and the

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. Arango also created a series of cereal boxes inspired by celebrities titled Holy K Celebrities Cereal. He took popular icons such as, Marilyn Monroe, Chiara Ferragni, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, James Dean, James Franco, Justin Bieber and Matthew McConaughey; and turned them into cereal flavors.

References

Sources

Daniel Arango - Official Website
The Gentleman Blogger, August 4, 2012
Daniel Arango’s Holy K Box
Studio Irresistible, April 26, 2012
Artist Daniel Arango and his Holy K movement
Lonely Planet, April 12, 2012

I Prefer Paris, April 12, 2012
Art Seen video on Come and Get It!
the bare square, March 2012
Responding to the call
Bangkok Post, February 15, 2012

Luxe IMMO no °20, February 2012
Holy K movement
EDDICE, February 2012
Daniel Arango: The Higher Power of the Holy K
Curbs and Stoops, October 9, 2011
Featured Artist Daniel Arango
Curbs and Stoops, April 27, 2011

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