"His Holiness" Sculpture
Sculpture, Other
31.5 W x 55.1 H x 23.6 D in
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His Holiness (2020) is part of Daniel Paul’s Turbofolk series. The sculpture was 3D printed in PLA and finished with 24-karat gold and acrylic paint. It looks at the tension between the physical body and the idea of spirituality. The figure uses the visual language of religious authority, but it do...
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2020
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Sculpture, Other
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31.5 W x 55.1 H x 23.6 D in
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Biography
Daniel Paul is a Czech sculptor born in Prague in 1984. He studied sculpture at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM), graduating in 2012.
Alongside his independent practice, Paul spent a significant part of his early professional life working across film, entertainment and specialised fabrication. This brought him into close contact with digital sculpting, mould making, scenic construction and animatronics, as well as with the practical demands of creating objects that must remain convincing both at a distance and under close scrutiny. These methods gradually became part of his own sculptural vocabulary rather than a separate technical discipline.
His practice has moved through public and site-specific work, abstraction and the use of natural forms before becoming increasingly centred on the human figure. Today he works primarily with figurative sculpture, combining traditional modelling with digital processes, 3D technologies, painting and mixed materials.
Paul is interested in situations that appear immediately recognisable but become less certain the longer they are observed. A gesture may suggest protection and control at the same time. An attractive surface can conceal an uncomfortable relationship. Familiar objects, bodily poses and references to the history of figurative sculpture are brought together in ways that resist a single stable interpretation.
The human figure remains central because of its ability to carry several kinds of information simultaneously: physical vulnerability, social role, desire, dependence, dignity and absurdity. Paul often uses realism to establish an initial sense of familiarity, then introduces small contradictions that shift how the figure or situation is understood.
His sculptures are conceived as objects to be encountered in space rather than images with a privileged viewpoint. Changes in silhouette, physical contact, material and the relationship between figure and support often reveal different aspects of a work as the viewer moves around it.
Paul lives and works in Prague. His work has been presented internationally through exhibitions, site-specific projects and public installations.
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