Alan Michael (b. 1967)

Michaels aesthetic enquiries act not as documentation but rather as traces of cultural signifiersDepictions of glassware and windows fracture and reflect interior and exterior spaces. Arrangements of vases and bottles warp a wallpaper-like background of words from Glaswegian bands and pop singer blogs. Simultaneously, the still objects distort what is absent within the picture plane. The glasswares reflections encase images of windows and induce a disquieting reflexivity. (L. Figgis quoted in David Kordansky Gallery press release for Alan Michaels exhibition Decamp, 23 March-21 April 2007)