In this work Michael looks towards magical realism, endowing the ordinariness of unremarkable urban landscapes in the neighborhoods of southern Tel Aviv with fantastical properties. However, he often does this. "I like it when reality is just starting to come apart. I want to capture that," the artist likes to repeat.
Rich, dense, and tight frames are replaced by those where emptiness occupies the main space. And then filling again. It's like breathing.
Graffiti in the urban fabric of Tel Aviv is a symbolic element. Michael boldly manipulates individual graffiti works, freely moving them from one wall to another, creating a unique architectural collage. Bright slightly muted colors and the light of midday heat. A dusty cabinet, opened on a sunny morning for cleaning. Instead froze and with bewilderment and curiosity began to examine its contents.
The artist does not hesitate to show traditionally unattractive urban textures and traces of life, but here it does not cause irritation, but rather soothes. Perhaps because no one is in a hurry here, and time passes as it does, applying paint of departing reality one layer at a time.
Graffiti in the urban fabric of Tel Aviv is a symbolic element. Michael boldly manipulates individual graffiti works, freely moving them from one wall to another, creating a unique architectural collage. Bright slightly muted colors and the light of midday heat. A dusty cabinet, opened on a sunny morning for cleaning. Instead froze and with bewilderment and curiosity began to examine its contents.
The artist does not hesitate to show traditionally unattractive urban textures and traces of life, but here it does not cause irritation, but rather soothes. Perhaps because no one is in a hurry here, and time passes as it does, applying paint of departing reality one layer at a time.
