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Michel Majerus: Sinnmachine

Michel Majerus, SINNMASCHINE, 1997.

Mar 31 – Oct 1, 2023
3 Park Drai Eechelen, 1499 Luxembourg

The career of Michel Majerus was as brief as it was prolific. Majerus was 35 when he died in a plane crash in November 2002. By then he’d already shown his work at the Kunsthalle Basel and the Venice Biennale. Despite only living in the U.S. for a year—in 2000, during an artist residency in Los Angeles—Majerus borrowed heavily from American consumer culture, touching on themes of celebrity, technology, and youth. Last year, the 20th anniversary of Majerus’s death, saw large shows in Miami and Berlin opening in November and December. As opposed to a retrospective, this show complements the art with a look into Majerus’s working methods, displaying archival material such as his books, magazines, and VHS recordings. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: Photographer unknown © Michel Majerus Estate, 2022. Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin and Matthew Marks Gallery