Michael Genovese

Artist Michael Genovese is actively interested in social practice and archives, having accumulated material using various methods and diverse pursuits over the last ten years. His recent work is comprised of large-scale geometric, minimalist paintings which visually derive from screen grabs of keyword image searches, specifically, the grid that briefly appeared while images were loading on his mobile phone. The artist recreated original artworks appropriated form digital substitutes for representational images — compositions that are now hyperreal, and subsequently truthful, in their own right.

Genovese lives in works in Los Angeles, CA. He has exhibited at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, University of Texas at San Antonio, Chicago Cultural Center, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum and the Miami Art Museum in Miami.