Welcome to the World of Raphael Daniel
Raphael Daniel is a Switzerland based artist specialised on photography art.
Every Artwork starts with a moment of inspiration. A moment that Raphael Daniel would capture with his camera and change into an artistic masterpiece.
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The Artists inspirational Statement
"I have set myself the goal of creating artworks that point the viewers to the "spiritual" in them. Since this theme is multi-layered and profound, I work with series that take up individual aspects of our divine nature and also deal with the many obstacles to our development toward our true identity as spiritual beings.
These series are the result of a decades-long search for the meaning of life and my own identity. Through many crises in my life, I inwardly grew into a new being by having actually experienced the themes addressed in my art and having been personally changed.
The "spiritual" in art or the search for it is nothing new: in the Middle Ages, art served to depict biblical content. In the Renaissance there were many artists such as Raphael who depicted deeper spiritual truths in their art. And in more recent times, artists such as Kandinsky or Mondrian sought ways to make the "spiritual" visible through art. In my view, Picasso also belongs to this current, in that with his distorted portraits he painted the spiritual condition of present-day humanity.
With my art I take up these currents of art history by processing my own experiences into artworks, thus, in the sense of Kandinsky and Mondrian, making the "spiritual" experienceable when viewing my art. But also in the sense of Picasso, by picking out as a central theme possible paths toward the “un-distortion” of humanity, that is, perfecting the spiritual condition of us human beings."
German Version
"Ich habe es mir zum Ziel gesetzt, Kunstwerke zu erschaffen, welche die Betrachtenden auf das “Geistige” in sich hinweisen. Da dieses Thema vielschichtig und tiefgründig ist, arbeite ich mit Bildserien, welche einzelne Aspekte unserer göttlichen Natur aufgreifen und sich auch mit den vielen Hindernissen in unserer Entwicklung zur wahren Identität als seelisch-geistige Wesen beschäftigen.
Diese Bildserien sind ein Resultat einer jahrzehntelangen Suche nach dem Sinn des Lebens und meiner eigenen Identität. Durch viele Lebenskrisen hindurch durfte ich innerlich zu einem neuen Sein heranwachsen, indem ich die in meiner Kunst behandelten Themen real erlebt habe und persönlich verändert wurde.
Das “Geistige” in der Kunst oder die Suche danach ist nichts Neues: Im Mittelalter diente die Kunst der Darstellung biblischer Inhalte. In der Renaissance gab es viele Künstler, wie Raffael, welche in ihrer Kunst tiefere geistliche Wahrheiten darstellten. Und in der neueren Zeit suchten Künstler wie Kandinsky oder Mondrian nach Wegen, “Geistiges” via Kunst sichtbar zu machen. Meines Erachtens reiht sich auch Picasso in diese Strömung ein, indem er mit seinen verzerrten Portraits den geistigen Zustand der heutigen Menschheit malte.
Mit meiner Kunst greife ich diese Strömungen der Kunstgeschichte auf, indem ich eigene Erfahrungen zu Kunstwerken verarbeite, also im Sinne von Kandinsky und Mondrian das “Geistige” in der Kunst erlebbar mache. Aber auch im Sinne von Picasso, indem ich künstlerisch mögliche Wege zur “Entzerrung”, also Vervollkommnung des geistigen Zustandes der Menschheit thematisiere."
Photography Services (Page available soon)
Portrait Sessions
It's all about capturing the character of the person Raphael Daniel is portraying. The artist will first have a get-to-know session bevore doing the actual shooting.
Event Photography
Wether a wedding or a birthday party, Raphael Daniel will be present to capture your special moments and create images that are not just memories, but artworks in themselves.
Special Whishes
Do you have special wishes? Don't hesitate to reach out. The artist is eager to hear from you. Write us on info@raphaeldaniel.com
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