Michele abeles biography
- Michele Abeles (b.
- Life and work Michele Abeles was born in 1977 in New York.
- Michele Abeles (b.1977, New York) received a BA from Washington University and an MFA from Yale University.
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Michele Abeles: Zebra
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Michele Abeles: Zebra Published by Sadie Coles HQ/47 Canal. This is the first monograph on the work of Michele Abeles (born 1977), an artist based in New York who works primarily with photographic imagery. Through numerous color images and exhibition views, it traces Abeles prolific and diverse output over the last seven years. An interview with critic Isabelle Gr
Michele AbelesDuring the July opening reception of the group show October 18, 1977 at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunnert, Inc in Chelsea, New York – which was notable not only for it being an especially hot evening but also for the droning cellist seated next to the video of an elephant being cut into pieces by a chainsaw (Dominic Nurre’s Conservative Video Work: Giacometti’s Elephant, 2009–13) – a man walked in, grabbed Michele Abeles’s archival inkjet print Confrontation 01 (2012) off the wall and ran out of the crowded gallery with it, past a gaggle of chain smokers.
The photograph in question, sharing the same title as a famous Gerhard Richter work, was seemingly a film still. It depicted a pretty, possibly twentysomething woman taking a bath. Looking a little like young Shelley Duvall, she peers up from the book she’s reading (Leon Trotsky’s biography of Lenin), as if she’s responding to someone who has just asked her (as is
Michele AbelesMichele Abeles is a New York based artist who creates dynamic photomontages. Reminiscent of Dadaist Hannah Hoch, Abeles incorporates wild prints, domestic objects, and nude male models into the muti-layered still lifes she creates from recycled materials. Often referred to as “post-internet,” Abeles is able to mimic the effects of Photoshop through her work. Her sophisticated but surreal images reflect how information is transmitted and received through the various methods of technology. Her work reflects disenchantment with contemporary modes of information processing. To highlight this, the artist uses props that can be considered generic, or bland. She casts her models via craigslist, employing them more as props than human subjects. In response to the flattened information and images consumed in the media-obsessed 21st century, Abeles attempts to mimic mass-produced images through the use of digital tools. By cropping and dislocating her images, the artist flattens and fragments her work, imitating the flattened space of a computer scre Copyright ©figloop.pages.dev 2025 |