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BIKINI ON MARS: MICHAEL MÜLLER,

9 September TO 9 October 2020

BIKINI ON MARS: MICHAEL MÜLLER

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  • Introduction
    BIKINI ON MARS, MICHAEL MÜLLER
    As part of his two parallel exhibitions Anton im Bastrock and Bikini on Mars opening during Gallery Weekend Berlin 2020, in the gallery’s Corner Space, Müller has stretched six monumental abstract paintings entitled Mental Driftwood into the frames of the large shop windows. The paintings are visible from behind the glass looking out on to the busy street. They were created spontaneously, intuitively, and painted by the artist, not with brushes, but with his bare hands. Each painting is unique and separate from the others: they do not complement each other to form a Gesamtwerk, but instead appear as isolated and equal components of a collage. It is only during the painting process that a structure gradually crystallizes and through which a composition emerges. The artist sees the works as hybrids that have become alien to him. Through them he questions the origin of abstract pictorial ideas. The tone of the work is set by the first color of paint chosen by the artist. The format of the paintings is determined by the location of the work. All that follows is unplanned. Such a painterly process might incite the viewer to question the degree to which the images are products of conscious decision-making, or whether, like driftwood, they may have been washed up to the surface from the artist’s subconscious.

    Inside the gallery—with the help of various installation methods—Müller enters into a form of negotiation with the viewer: building a room within a room in the gallery’s Corner Space, the work Beyond the White Cube (Zeigen) consists of a partially-enclosed space lined with cream-colored, sound-absorbing foam panels. The room houses a 19th-century Christian processional figurine, whose missing arm has been replaced by a scaled-down 3D-print of Müller’s own arm, which points upwards into the air. Two small puzzles hang from the on the padded walls behind the figure, each depicting the interlocked motifs of a turtle and hermit crab—symbols of slowness, perpetual quest and wandering.

    Standing in contrast to the symbolism of introspection and isolation in the Corner Space, the work Bikini on Mars in the gallery’s Window Space, features a giant, golden mirror ball, sitting behind an orange-tinted window. The space is thus bathed in orange light, through which the moving reflections from the street outside, interfere with and obstruct our perception of color of the painting hanging in the room. The installation is complemented by a large standee with the photographic print of a black man and a pink figurine seated in front of a rock. Turning the space into a realm full of stimuli and allusions, Müller provokes the viewer’s desire for narrative—a need that can never be satisfied by abstraction.
  • Works
    • Michael Müller Hades Mercato (DAS ENTSTEHEN UNFERTIGER BEGRIFFE), 2020 acrylic and lacquer on Belgian linen 313.944 x 442.8744 x 3.9624 cm 123 3/5 x 174 5/16 x 1 8/16 ins
      Michael Müller
      Hades Mercato (DAS ENTSTEHEN UNFERTIGER BEGRIFFE), 2020
      acrylic and lacquer on Belgian linen
      313.944 x 442.8744 x 3.9624 cm 123 3/5 x 174 5/16 x 1 8/16 ins
    • Flotsam deep in the Western Pacific Region (DAS HEILENDE BILD), (Mentale Treibhölzer (Handicap)) Acryl und Buntlack auf
      Michael Müller
      Flotsam deep in the Western Pacific Region (DAS HEILENDE BILD), 2020
      2 parts work, acrylic and lacquer on Belgian linen
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    • Michael Müller Omus Kathara, (EINE TASSE IM GARTEN VON MONET), 2020 acrylic and lacquer on Belgian linen 443 x 314 x 4.5 cm 174 1/2 x 123 2/3 x 1 13/4 in
      Michael Müller
      Omus Kathara, (EINE TASSE IM GARTEN VON MONET), 2020
      acrylic and lacquer on Belgian linen
      443 x 314 x 4.5 cm
      174 1/2 x 123 2/3 x 1 13/4 in
    • Michael Müller Sandlaufkäfer (DIE BEFREIUNG DER FORM AUS DEM SCHMERZ), 2020 acrylic and lacquer on Belgian linen 443 x 314 x 4.5 cm 174 1/2 x 123 2/3 x 1 3/4 in
      Michael Müller
      Sandlaufkäfer (DIE BEFREIUNG DER FORM AUS DEM SCHMERZ), 2020
      acrylic and lacquer on Belgian linen
      443 x 314 x 4.5 cm
      174 1/2 x 123 2/3 x 1 3/4 in
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      Michael Müller
      Beyond the White Cube (zeigen), 2015
      plastic , foam , puzzle pieces , lamp , historical figure and 3D printed arm
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    • Michael Müller Motivbild Nr. 8 (HENDRICK), 2020 acrylic and color lacquer on glass and printed Alu-Dibond 196 x 145.5 x 4 cm 77 2/16 x 57 4/16 x 1 9/16 ins
      Michael Müller
      Motivbild Nr. 8 (HENDRICK), 2020
      acrylic and color lacquer on glass and printed Alu-Dibond
      196 x 145.5 x 4 cm 77 2/16 x 57 4/16 x 1 9/16 ins
    • Michael Müller Who is scared of the black man?, 2020 print on Alu-Dibond 149.5 x 221 cm 58 13/16 x 87 1/16 ins
      Michael Müller
      Who is scared of the black man?, 2020
      print on Alu-Dibond
      149.5 x 221 cm 58 13/16 x 87 1/16 ins
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      Michael Müller
      Bikini on Mars (Möge die Macht mit dir sein), 2020
      styrofoam , metal , 24 carat gold
      Diameter: 120.0 cm
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      Michael Müller
      Alien Athena, (DIE NOTWENDIGKEIT SCHWULER ABSTRAKTION IM KAMPF GEGEN EINE VERMEINDLICHE KULTURELLE ELITE), 2020
      acrylic and lacquer on Belgian linen
      365 x 314 x 4.5 cm 143 11/16 x 123 9/16 x 1 12/16 ins
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