Theo Michael
Overview
The Everything Crisis, 2025
Theo Michael is a generalist with a compulsion for vandalized seascapes and recycled polyurethane foam. His practice argues against speciesism and he believes that bacteria, bees, fish and humans have equal standing. Although mostly known for his graphite drawings of rough seas and extinct creatures, in recent floor based installations he sets upon hybridizing his own previous arrangements in a process that introduces errors and allows for random mutations. Rocks, soil and fruits from local markets frequently appear in his works as do odd furniture, animal parts, Sci-Fi props and ancient texts...His absurd anarcho-museographical displays lead to a rational-irrational dialectic which destabilizes ideas of hierarchy and systems of order. In Michael’s universe a banana peel is as significant as any of Picasso’s paintings and a Bobbit Worm as complex as any insurance company CEO. In the artists own words: “These works seem absurd to people embedded in modern competition systems but they should look like Zen gardens to anyone aghast with the orthodoxy.”
Works
Art Fairs
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NADA NY 2025
Group Exhibition May 7 - 11, 2025Booth #B220 The Starrett-Lehigh Building 601 W 26th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001 (Enter on 11th Avenue) This year’s booth is a presentation of four thought provoking artists:...Read more -
FELIX Art Fair 2025
Group Exhibition February 19 - 23, 2025Tower Suite #1209 The Hollywood Roosevelt 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 la Beast gallery is pleased to participate in Felix Art Fair at the Hollywood Roosevelt 2025. This...Read more
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