Michele Abeles
Michele Abeles is a New York based artist who creates dynamic photomontages. Reminiscent of Dadaist Hannah Hoch, Abeles incorporates wild prints, domestic objects, and nude male models into the muti-layered still lifes she creates from recycled materials. Often referred to as “post-internet,” Abeles is able to mimic the effects of Photoshop through her work. Her sophisticated but surreal images reflect how information is transmitted and received through the various methods of technology. Her work reflects disenchantment with contemporary modes of information processing. To highlight this, the artist uses props that can be considered generic, or bland. She casts her models via craigslist, employing them more as props than human subjects. In response to the flattened information and images consumed in the media-obsessed 21st century, Abeles attempts to mimic mass-produced images through the use of digital tools. By cropping and dislocating her images, the artist flattens and fragments her work, imitating the flattened space of a computer screen, cluttered and layered with open windows.
Abeles’ work has been exhibited at various museums such as The Museum of Modern Art, and MoMA P.S1. in New York. She has also shown in group and solo exhibitions at 47 Canal, New York, The Whitney …
Michele Abeles is a New York based artist who creates dynamic photomontages. Reminiscent of Dadaist Hannah Hoch, Abeles incorporates wild prints, domestic objects, and nude male models into the muti-layered still lifes she creates from recycled materials. Often referred to as “post-internet,” Abeles is able to mimic the effects of Photoshop through her work. Her sophisticated but surreal images reflect how information is transmitted and received through the various methods of technology. Her work reflects disenchantment with contemporary modes of information processing. To highlight this, the artist uses props that can be considered generic, or bland. She casts her models via craigslist, employing them more as props than human subjects. In response to the flattened information and images consumed in the media-obsessed 21st century, Abeles attempts to mimic mass-produced images through the use of digital tools. By cropping and dislocating her images, the artist flattens and fragments her work, imitating the flattened space of a computer screen, cluttered and layered with open windows.
Abeles’ work has been exhibited at various museums such as The Museum of Modern Art, and MoMA P.S1. in New York. She has also shown in group and solo exhibitions at 47 Canal, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Sadie Coles, London, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, among others.
