Overview
In the span of a short yet exceptionally prolific career, Luxembourgish artist Michel Majerus (1967ā2002) transgressed the well-worn rules of painting to capture the influence of digital media and pop culture during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Majerusās large-scale paintings and installationsācharacterized by the artistās āsamplingā and collaging of an eclectic repertoire of imagery and text borrowed from art history, video games, commercials, and electronic musicāresonate with the rapid expansion of globalized consumer culture and digital technology.
This book collects and preserves the talks and lecture-performances held during a symposium on Majerus at Mudam, the contemporary art museum in Luxembourg. The convening considered the relevance of Majerusās reflections today and discussed the dimensions of his legacyĀĀĀāinvestigating his influence on the practices of the digitally native artists, curators, and researchers who came after him.
The symposium was the first chapter of a program dedicated to Majerusās work at the museum and was followed by the exhibition SINNMASCHINE, curated by Bettina SteinbrĆ¼gge. Rather than a retrospective, the exhibition examined Majerusās working methods by displaying never-before-exhibited archival material, including Majerusās drawings and writings from his expansive collection of notebooks. This publication bridges the exhibition and the symposiumās reflections, featuring images of Majerusās work and notebooks alongside contributions by Cory Arcangel, Karen Archey, Motoko Ishibashi, Ingrid Luquet-Gad, ClĆ©mentine Proby, Fabian Schƶneich, Stephanie Seidel, Bettina SteinbrĆ¼gge, and Sarah Johanna Theurer.
what looks good today may not look good tomorrow: The Legacy of Michel Majerus is the first book in the Mudam Series. This series is an edited collection of interventions, symposiums, and lectures by artists, critics, writers, curators, art historians, and thinkers that have taken place at Mudam, the contemporary art museum in Luxembourg. Each volume is dedicated to a specific artist or theme, following the museumās exhibition program. The series is meant as a collection of working documents that open up a dialogue beyond institutional wallsāa gentle nod to books still being the greatest of meeting places. Mudam Series is conceived and edited by Bettina SteinbrĆ¼gge and Mudamās editorial team.
Contributors
Cory Arcangel, Karen Archey, Motoko Ishibashi, Ingrid Luquet-Gad, ClĆ©mentine Proby, Fabian Schƶneich, Stephanie Seidel, Bettina SteinbrĆ¼gge, Sarah Johanna Theurer
Published with MUDAM Luxembourg
This book title, what looks good today may not look good tomorrow (The Legacy of Michel Majerus), ISBN: 9781915609533, by Bettina Steinbrugge, published by MIT Press (August 6, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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