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'''''Daku''''' is a [[pseudonym]]ous [[Street artist|graffiti artist]] from India.<ref name="Singh 2013">{{cite web | last=Singh | first=Isha | title=Meet India’s Banksy | website=WSJ | date=27 April 2013 | year=2013 | url=http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/04/27/meet-indias-banksy/ | accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
Revision as of 20:28, 16 February 2015
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| name = Daku
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| field = Graffiti
Street art
Social commentary
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|website = http://www.daku156.com
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Daku is a pseudonymous graffiti artist from India.[1]
Early life
The real identity of DaKu is not known. Not much is known about his life. He is possibly born around 1984. He was raised in a small town in Saurashtra, Gujarat. He studied art and working with advertising agency before starting graffiti. Daku literally means "bandit" or "dacoit" in Hindi.[1][2][3]
Career
[The street art is] decorative, contextual, layered and artists aren’t afraid of giving their name. Graffiti is more underground, more rebel.
— DaKu, Wall Street Journal, 2013
He started graffiti in 2006 and later worked with global graffiti group, Crew 156 for a year in Mumbai. He also collaborated with two other graffiti artist, Bond and Zine in Delhi in 2008. He started tagging his own name in Devnagari script on walls in Mumbai and Delhi in 2008 and told that he did it to reach large Indian population who understand only local languages. He stenciled fuck in Hindi across nine places in Mumbai overnighta in 2011 to protest against Vasant Dhoble, assistant commissioner of police who was accused of moral policing. He regularly commented on social issues by his works like stenciled LPG cylinder rocket to highlight price rise, blindfolded protester during 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. Before 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, he modified several stop signs to deliver messages and provoke reaction from public. He tagged many garbage bins with Ku Da in Delhi, an anagram of his own name. For years he tags his name DaKu across cities in India in indigenous fonts and typographies including Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Baroda. He along with others, did 200 meter long and seven meter high wall graffiti, commissioned at Buddh International Circuit. He along with Bond, created 200 square meter graffiti at IIT Bombay TechFest in 2011.[1][3][4]
He organized India's first ever street art festival in Delhi in 2013.[5] His works have been showcased at venues such as the Centre Pompidou, Venice Biennale and Triennale Design museum.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Singh, Isha (27 April 2013). "Meet India's Banksy". WSJ. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "'India's Banksy' wants to provoke voters". BBC News. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ a b Bordewekar, Sandhya (29 November 2014). "Graffiti Art: The Emergence of Daku on Indian Streets". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Cans & Roses: Guerrilla artists on Indian street". The Economic Times. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "A new breed of artists is taking their canvases to public spaces". India Today. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "St+ART Delhi 2015". St+ART Delhi 2015. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2015.