‘Intraspective’ by Michael Sayles – curated by our GoSee Friend Eric D. Clark
The fun continue’s : GALLERY WEEKEND in Berlin ! We have a very special and also very personal tip for you :
For this installment of SPOTLIGHT, an occasional program for exceptional projects, SETAREH will be presenting a survey of three decades of work by Berlin-based artist Michael Sayles. This first mini-Intraspective exhibition, curated by longtime friend and collaborator Eric D.Clark, is a “window into the mind of ‘Afropean’ culture.”
“Sayles’ work delves into… NO! IS the repatriation of a cultural appropriation practiced throughout modern times by the likes of many popular visual artists from the 15th to 20th centuries; specifically art of African descent. Everything his work represents is a mirror to culture shamelessly stolen in the tenets or rather edicts of so-called ‘discovery’? The bringing of civilization to the already civilized… subjugate a people by removing their identity, culture and the spoils of said endeavors; one might think of the Benin Bronzes as an example; a proverbial drop in the bucket as it were… A Jamaican-born immigrant to Birmingham, England; through South London to New York; currently based in Berlin via Cologne! An Artist perfectly in consort with a plural history shared by millions expressed by few; hence Michael Sayles.” – Eric D. Clark.
Michael Sayles (b.1968 Birmingham, GB – lives and works in Berlin) is a Berlin-based artist who studied within the emerging Young British Artists movement under the guidance of John Stezaker, graduating from London’s Central Saint Martin’s in 1990. There, he swiftly honed his natural grasp of collage and precise rendering techniques. Sayles is recognized for his meticulous, large-scale graphite drawings on paper, which merge ethnological iconography with contemporary fetish objects.
Eric D. Clark (b. 1966 in California, USA – lives and works in Berlin, right after Paris where EDC met famous sister in crime CCH and moved gayly ahead to Cologne) has been taking the DJ underworld by storm for the past 30 years with his distinctive soul, breakbeat and jungle sounds. Based in Berlin, Eric has spun in quintessential Berlin clubs including Panorama Bar, Renate and Tresor, among many others. His music has reached international recognition, playing in Europe, South America and the US. Notable collaborations include Giorgio Moroder, Amanda Lear, Peaches, Chaka Khan, and TLC.
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