MICHEL MAJERUS
2016-01-11Although his creative period didn’t last much more than a decade, Majerus produced an extremely impressive body of work which shows, in opposite directions, the way he moved constantly forward while letting the world move through him at the same time. Producing many different elements that can appear one after the other or randomly together in his paintings and installations, he represented a very wide course, quoting and mixing logos, texts, colours, advertising, games, as well as artists like Polke, Basquiat, Warhol and many others.
His versatile motion is already visible in theenlarge-o-ray… on! (1994) wall-installation that occupies a large space in the gallery, with it’s wide wallpainting that seem to quote directly the graphic style of comic strips, only to be contradicted by the small version of a similar style, coming over it on a painted canvas and applying an almost opposite art gesture, underlined by the element of dialogue it contains, which reads: ‘too big… Better switch off’. All that can revolve around an artist at a specific time, as Majerus perceived, is already visible here, just as his refusal to follow any locked down and clearly defined artistic personality.
Opposite – Ohne Titel, 2000
Exhibition runs through to January 30th, 2016
Galerie Max Hetzler
57, rue du Temple
75004 Paris
France
