left-right: the time machine mirror #1 + #2, 2007, by michael van den besselaar
our latest contemporary article features the work of michael van den besselaar – the dutch painter, who has his first solo american show this month at the black and white gallery, new york. the exhibition takes its title from a line in the popular sci-fi television show ‘ star trek’. when mr. spock, an alien, encounters mankind he utters:
left -right: #3, #4 and #8 from the time machine mirror series, 2007, by michael van den besselaar
‘what we’ve just seen is not real’. this title is very fitting for the exhibition of paintings which use familiar imagery to communicate subtle messages about our perceptions of the mass media’s objectivity. read more
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