WORDS Caroline Taylor
ARTWORK Courtesy Oliver Michaels, Square in Square Series, 2013
Oliver Michaels, Gamaliel Rodriguez and Harvi Sahota utilize individual approaches to architecture as a vehicle for narrative or story. Interpreted Architecture is the inaugural exhibition at Made Gallery.
Artist Spotlight: Oliver Michaels
Oliver Michaels, whether working in film, photography, or sculpture, creates structures that combine documentary and fantasy, resulting in objects or interactions that are impossible or irrational. The composite buildings in his most recent series, A Square in Square (above), shot primarily in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, lack windows and doors, or general function. Train pulls the viewer through a series of unconnected interior spaces – a dislocating journey in which narrative is clear but story undefined. A Journey Between Two Fixed Points glides from one unrelated interior or exterior to the next in an elegant rotation.
Holding a BA from Central Saint Martins in Fine Art, Oliver’s works have been widely exhibited at venues including Cole Gallery, London; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld, Germany; Tate Britain, London; and P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Kreferlder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld, Germany.
Join us on November 7 from 6-8pm for the Opening Reception of Interpreted Architecture.
Interpreted Architecture
Oliver Michaels, Gamaliel Rodriguez, Harvi Sahota
Curated by Caroline Taylor
MADE Gallery
November 7 - 21, 2013
The A&P, 505 Cloverdale Road, Unit 102