Multimedia artist Max Michaels
GROTESQUE
A 64 Page Full Color Opus of Surreal
Photography and Sculpture
Including a 16 Track CD Score To The
GROTESQUE Works By
GRIM FAERIES vs ASP BEAT BATTALION
Featuring Curse Mackey of PIGFACE
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SHOW TIMELINE and 06.06.06 GALLERY
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"For those of us whose tastes are firmly entrenched in the macabre, it's easy to fall in love with the dark world Michaels has created. But what truly sets him apart is the fact that he creates every photographic element in each piece. In this day of appropriation where 'works of art' are comprised of clip-art and digital 'found objects' from the virtual junkyard of the internet, it is commendable the pains he's taken to create every corner of his strange and wonderful world."
Voltaire
Filmmaker, Musician, Artist
www.voltaire.net
“Max, with camera always in hand, stitches together an appropriately creepy, living dead world littered with the segmented worms of his own adventures. Of course nothing but fun is to be had in the real world with Max, yet he neatly manages to sculpt the Sturm und Drang, trauma induced peeking, just behind his eyelids.”
Ogre
Skinny Puppy
www.skinnypuppy.com
“I love what Max does, just like in a good remix or production of a song - the manipulations, the days of messing and leaps of thought mesh into one co-hesive thought - a unique signature. Pretty rare to see these days.”
Martin Atkins
INVISIBLE Records/PIGFACE founder
www.invisiblerecords.com
“Max Michaels has an artistic vision that uses the human body not merely as inspiration, but rather as the framework for conceptual, political, and social commentary. The images range from beautiful to horrific, but rarely wander from their focus on anatomy as the mechanism of art-making, as opposed to its subject matter. Although constructed through photographic elements, the images contain a sculptural quality and each structure takes on a scientific aesthetic. The human figure is eerily warped into 'Frankensteinian' creations built to represent a perspective of the world, but always containing an element of shock. In his art, the sanctity of the human body is often violated, and this serves to jar the viewer into feeling the concept, even before the analytical mind can grasp it.”
Rogue
The Crüxshadows
www.cruxshadows.com |
