Talented South African artist Daniel Popper is known around the world for his unusual tribal mythological sculptures and art installations.
His work has appeared at major music festivals around the world such as Electric Forest Festival in the USA, Boom Festival in Portugal, Rainbow Serpent Festival in Australia and Afrikaburn at Tankwa Karoo in South Africa.
The author gained worldwide fame due to his special artistic style of audiovisual sculptures, which he commissions from world cultural festivals. The tall installations are created from wood and steel elements, wrapped in rope, vines and greenery.
Popper recently created a new work, Anima, at the EDC music festival in Las Vegas, USA, the sculpture is made of wood and located in a clear glass garden.
As part of the Arts and Culture Festival in Tulum, Mexico, he created a new work of art. The high-rise installation is called Ven a la Luz (enters the light) and consists of wood and rope formed into a female figure. Her torso is filled with lush green plants, creating an arch for viewers to view.
One of Popper’s latest sculptures, Modem Swamp, is an epic, 8-meter tall female figure at this year’s Modem Festival in Croatia. The whimsical character, crafted from steel and fiberglass and covered in concrete, holds a mask in front of her face, revealing the wild jungle growing inside her skull.
At night, projection mapping makes the piece look like it changes color and material—at one point, it even looks like it’s made of chrome.
Popper writes on Instagram: “This was a change of style and materials for me, and I really enjoyed the process and the result.”