Aleks Danko b. 1950

Also known as Aleksander Danko
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
One of Australia's leading conceptual artists, the South Australian born Danko has always been concerned with process as much as the objects eventually (or ephemerally) created.
Tags: Object, Conceptual art
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Periods active
  • 1970 -
  • 1970
Tags
  • Object
  • Conceptual art
References [<ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel & McCarthy, Frances (1973), 'Recent Australian Art'.>]
Alternative names
  • Aleksander Danko
Trainings
  • Diploma of Sculpture, c.1967 - 1971 South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
  • Diploma of Fine Art, 1967 - 1970 South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
Cultural heritages
  • Ukrainian
Related people
  • Goldberg, Michael (associate of)
  • Spencer, Bill (associate of)
  • Tipping, Richard Kelly (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Robert (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Frances (associate of)
  • Goldberg, Michael (associate of)
  • Spencer, Bill (associate of)
  • Tipping, Richard Kelly (associate of)
Related works
  • Ideas, Words, Processes (creator of)
  • Log Dog (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Mebourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Contempora Fellowship, National Gallery of Victoria (received)
Related events
  • Songs of Australia Volume 16 - Shhh, Go Back to Sleep (exhibited at)
  • Project 3: Objects (exhibited at)
  • Object and Idea: New Work by Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • 'Sculpturscape '73', 5th Mildura Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Art (exhibited at)
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