Alan Michael
the highest dealer, MANGO, kisses from the office, 2012
Öl auf Leinwand Painting 102 × 145 cm
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The title itself is a collage of fragments – advertising, brand and office speak – and the painting works exactly the same way. Alan Michael blends stock photos, magazine fragments and urban surfaces into a scene that often looks photographic yet always remains between document and fiction. The work circles around what circulates in the present-day image flow, exposing its smooth surfaces.
About the Artist Alan Michael
Stock photos, magazine fragments, urban surfaces, parked cars with mirrored architecture: the painting of Alan Michael (b. 1967 in Scotland) circles around whatever moves through the image-flow of the present. On his large canvases, 1980s fashion, Soviet propaganda, Minimalism and Pop intermingle; they often look photographic yet remain suspended between document and fiction. Michael studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee and the Glasgow School of Art, and lives and works in London. His work has been shown at Tate Britain in London and the Kölnischer Kunstverein, among others.
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