was born in Laborde (Córdoba, Argentina), on January 6th 1954, just in the same year the crazy “space race” began. While two Great Word Powers were contending for the sky, in a small town of this land away from the satellites, a child, who would focus his eyes on the earth and its materials, was learn. Caming from a family which belonged to the extinct middle class, he left his home town when his father was transferred to Marcos Juárez for work reasons. While studying at Sagrado Corazón College, art for him was just a simple drawing on a piece of paper. Later, his job as draftsman is same factories of the area gave him the opportunity to learn about new tods and materials, just like new word for his limited vocabulary. His beginnings as craftsman were an important step in his life. In
same way his handicrafts were the starting point of the sculptures
we can enjoy in his atelier-house today.
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GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION Marcos Juárez is situated in the south east of Cordoba province, capital of department, it is on important commercial and industries area that attracts the attention of the surroundings towns. In Urquiza 882 street a novel attraction centre is situated: the Atelier-House of the plastic artist Oscar Daga. The Atelier-House is a construction that has an exposition room where the pieces of art are shown, a garden for the big ones and atelier where the artist does his tasks day by day. Today, many groups of children from different schools of the area visit the place, and it is also opened to the public in general.
WORK ACCOUNT Oscar Daga has grown along with his work, going through different topics. His sculpture is merely existentialist and moves the human spirit. Time, personal inside, the female creative power and the feelings of America and Americans are lines closely relates with the use of different materials. Today, his message focuses on waking-up our asleep roots, and on switching on the creative power of reality every one has in himself, as active parts of the artistic process. Facing each sculpture takes us to wonder about our daily actions and to explore our deepest emotions. Each
material represents a soul state, the place where the author wants
to take us so as to find ourselves
and, in this way, his work makes sense. |
