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SPOTLIGHT
Intraspective

Michael Sayles
curated by Eric D Clark
26.04. – 25.05.2024

Schöneberger Ufer 71
10785 Berlin
For this instalment of SPOTLIGHT, an occasional program for exceptional projects, we are thrilled to present a survey of three decades of work by Berlin based artist Michael Sayles. This mini-Intraspective exhibition looks deeply into various threads of practice the artist has investigated throughout his career. In technically sophisticated graphite renderings, assemblages, photography and paintings we encounter a world of AFROPEAN experience, one in which the fetish appears in various forms that both celebrates its ritual origins, embraces the psychological dimensions and cleverly toys with its role in modernist economies.
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Untitled (Hair), 2013

Paint, canvas and hair on canvas
135 x 155 x 10 cm

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Untitled (Shield), 2017

Paint, rubber and canvas
158 x 119 x 6 cm

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Untitled (Mask), 2015

Paint, canvas
163 x 117 x 6.5 cm

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Fetish Painting I, 2018
Wood, paint, nails, screw, cockring, bottle, cap
93 x 64 x 16 cm

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Fetish Painting II, 2018
Wood, paint, bottle cap., human hair 93 x 64 x 12 cm
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The Whores of Avignon, 2020

Canvas, acrylic, graphite and glue on canvas
115 x 125  cm

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Negro, 2020

Canvas and glue on canvas
85 x 85  cm

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Tap Dancing, 2016

Collage
52,5 x 42,5  cm

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Camouflage au Sénégal, 2016

Collage
52,5 x 42,5  cm

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Brautwahl, 2019

Collage
52,5 x 42,5  cm

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Untitled (Lizard Part I), 2012–2013

Pencil on Paper
104 x 42  cm

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Untitled (Lizard Part II), 2012–2013

Pencil on Paper
104 x 42  cm

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Just What Is It That Makes Todays Homes So Different, So Appealing, 2019

Collage
52,5 x 42,5  cm

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The Birth of a Nation, 2016

Collage
52,5 x 42,5  cm

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It Felt Like a Foot in my Ass, 2014

Graphite on paper, custom frame, chain
69 x 107  cm

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So Fly, 2008

Pencil on paper
72 x 52  cm

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Ballstaff, 2012–2013

Pencil on paper
125 x 75  cm

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Chained, 2012–2013

Pencil on paper
125 x 75  cm

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Bitch on a stick, 2018

Pencil on paper
58 x 125  cm

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Fucking Bugs I, 2008

Pencil on paper
72 x 52  cm

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Fucking Bugs II, 2008

Pencil on paper
72 x 52  cm

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The Case of the Stolen Artfifacts I+II, 2019

African mask, artificial hair, painting, sunglasses, baclite lamp
44.4 x 21 x 35 cm

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Where the Pure Power of the Dead Brings it's Radiance to the Present, 2022

Record player, record
33.6 x 39.5 x 10 cm

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Prototype, 2022

Graphite on paper, frame, mirror
33.6 x 39.5 x 10 cm

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