MICHEL MAJERUS

Early Works (solo show)
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
22 October 2022 – 15 January 2023

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Michel Majerus, Ohne Titel, n.d., © Michel Majerus Estate, 2022, Photo: Jens Ziehe, Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin and Matthew Marks Gallery
Michel Majerus, Ohne Titel, n.d., © Michel Majerus Estate, 2022, Photo: Jens Ziehe, Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin and Matthew Marks Gallery

The exhibition Michel Majerus – Early Works at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, seeks to uncover the earliest layers of Michel Majerus’ artistic practice. Presenting works produced between 1990 and 1996, the show addresses the foundational aspects of Majerus' oeuvre, from visual culture, time, speed and seriality, to virtual and physical space. Many of the pieces are on public view for the first time.

Opening twenty years after his sudden death, Early Works is part of the exhibition series Michel Majerus 2022. This multifaceted programme commemorates the artist by showing his reflections on painting as a medium, as well as his groundbreaking vision of a world in which popular culture, advertisement, and the virtual realms of TV, video games, and computers have infiltrated the very essence of everyday life – a process that has only been intensified by the developments in the digital realm today.

Taking place across Germany, this tribute series is dedicated to the various phases and aspects of Majerus' extraordinary oeuvre, which has continued to influence subsequent generations of artists. A comprehensive publication of this exhibition series will be released in 2023. 

KW Institute for Contemporary Art

Michel Majerus, Ohne Titel, n.d., © Michel Majerus Estate, 2022, Photo: Jens Ziehe, Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin and Matthew Marks Gallery
Michel Majerus, Ohne Titel, n.d., © Michel Majerus Estate, 2022, Photo: Jens Ziehe, Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin and Matthew Marks Gallery