When does an Instagram photo become a work of art? Is a TikTok a short film? Is the metaverse something ‘real’ or worth taking seriously? What’s truly original? Today, our culture is wrestling with these definitions in a way not seen since Warhol’s time.
This year we’ll get some help in understanding these frontiers via the work of the late artist Michel Majerus, in various exhibitions around the globe marking the 20th anniversary of his untimely death in a plane crash at the age of 35.
“He really expanded on painting at ICA Miami, which opens November 29 and will be the first museum survey of Majerus’ work in the United States. “Painting is so much more than just oil on canvas…it really connects to how we read and perceive and redistribute images.” To Seidel, the work of Majerus is still relevant in that it gives “a broader understanding of what images are, how they travel, and how they can be interpreted.”
