Oscar Dierker —
(expanded bio provided upon request)
oscardierker
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Oscar Dierker is an artist whose work spans sculpture, drawing, card-making, installation, scanning, and other mixed-multimedia pursuits.
By highlighting the multitude of forms in which the world is connected, my work draws upon shared knowledge and experiences. Relationships that build what we understand as the everyday.
How does the past life of a material inform a work?
In what ways is a collage more personal than a photograph?
At its core, my works are material studies. I do not want the viewer to be excluded from understanding how a work was made nor be distant from the fact that it was made. My first choice for materials is whatever is within reach—readily available materials. While they aren’t common in fine arts, they are familiar in our daily lives. Having materials be removed from their typical use as a means to encourage interrogation of our daily lives.
How does cardboard construction relate to accessibility?
Familiarity with material places the work itself into the outside world. Asking where it came from, and where will it go.
How do ready-mades impact our ritual practices?
How does a casket made out of cinder blocks create dialogue between post-consumer waste aggregate and the cycle of life and death?
These moments of intervention—by me or any other actor—are explored to situate the work within time.