meet {so&so} monday

meet: GUIDO DANIELE, “handimal” extraordinaire

Guido Daniele is an Italian-born artist who has gained international recognition over the past decade for a type of body painting coined as “handimals.”  However, he is a man of many trades and has contributed to the art world since the late-sixties.  In 1972, he graduated from the Brera School of Arts with a degree in sculpturing, and then moved to India to attend the Tankas School in Dharamsala.  It was at this time that Daniele began his career as a hyper-realistic illustrator for major advertising companies which allowed him to further experiment with various painting techniques.  Be it airbrushing, trompe l’oeil, body painting or ‘handimals,’ his artwork has been used for artistic and advertising pictures, television commercials, fashion shows, private and public buildings and other personal and group art exhibitions his talent is undeniably, awe-inspiring.

Most recently, his ‘handimal’ work has been used in an AT&T campaign that depicts animal, fish or geographic illustrations with the phrase “Works in over 200 countries, like _____.”  Of course, the blank respectively corresponds with the ‘handimal’ shown.  Daniele applies his extensive training to this fine-detailed technique that gives a whole new meaning to hand model.  The hours that he spends painting one’s hands, can be washed off in a matter of minutes.  If that’s not art, I don’t know what is.

Visit Guido Daniele‘s Website

Follow the jump to see pictures of Daniele’s AT&T Campaign: