Seychellois Artist - Daniel Dodin

DANIEL DODIN

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

 The new series of work that I have created expresses aspects of my everyday life in visual narrative forms. In many of my works I depict the ordinary struggles of local youngsters, many of whom are facing addiction problems whilst dealing with social discrimination.

Some of this series reflects the plight of displaced refugees – sadly a common and worldwide concern.

Elsewhere I have included and revealed a number of Indian characters due to my familiarity with Indian society. I feel that Indian people number amongst the key activists in the history of the Seychelles – they have always had a major role to play here.

Within a local context I find the relatively recent phenomenon of the bottle collectors fascinating. These young men have unique characters; they spend their days making long journeys carrying big bags on their heads which are filled with empty plastic bottles (which they sell). Looking at these characters a sense of courage and desperation are simultaneously revealed.

Elsewhere in my paintings we can discover clusters of ordinary bystanders, used as symbols for social discrimination and gossip.

In terms of my process I create atmospheric backgrounds with ink and acrylic, worked in various stages to create layers, over which I apply patches of dots to symbolise the repetition of the daily routine, the movement of refugees across continents and the downward trajectory of local drug addicts (amongst other concepts).

Daniel Dodin 2018
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