The Bite Magazine - issue 16

Jada Brookes discovers the work of emerging artist Daniel Warnecke and how he aspired to become an artist. E very now and again, someone will come along and completely turn a medium on its head whether it is fashion, art or design. One such person is Barnet-born artist Daniel Warnecke who has breezed into the art world with his unique and extraor- dinary artistic flair. When we attended a private viewing at GX Gallery in south-east London where the artist was showing, we were immediately drawn to his miniature pieces of art. Every detail was so intricate and mind-blowing that you could spend hours admiring them and still find them fas- cinating the next time you see them. Perhaps the youngest of all the artists showing that evening, the artist, dressed immaculately in a suit, oozed confidence and maturity. He uses 3D print- ing to create a dialog between the past and the contemporary by selecting historical well-known portraits and reimaging them with cutting edge technology. Now, you can have your own Marilyn Monroe Pop Art Edition modelled on the actress’ iconic flying skirt or your own modern version of the ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ either as a painting or miniature figurine in a glass box. Other fasci- nating pieces include Duchamp Urinal Head, Man Ray Le Violon, Statue of David, Son of Man and Van Gogh. From a young ageWarnecke has always been inter- ested in the arts.With his father being an actor, he would visit stage productions and sets which gave him an insight into the creative process. At school Warnecke studied A Level Art and Photography but dropped out of his other academic subjects so that he could concentrate on “doing subjects which encouraged freedom and expression which were not governed by right and wrong answers.” He went on to study Contemporary Photography bite artist profile