Matzke Fine Art and Design

Dan Freeman

Dan Freeman has been a student of art history and the human endeavor of “object making” his entire life. Endless curiosity seems to be the main driver of his artistic expression today.
As a human growing up there was nothing he wouldn’t take apart just to see how it went together. He is like this still. This may explain why he is willing to combine disparate materials into a new “whole” for a piece of sculpture he is making.
There is a sense of surprise and playfulness in much of Dan’s work. As he says “If we aren’t having fun and enjoying life and other people, then why are we here?”
Dan has been making sculptural objects– markers, talismans and fetishes– his whole life, combining elemental materials– wood, metal, stone and glass– to achieve the desired results.
“In my work I express who I am and how I see the world” is how he puts it. Makes sense to me.