Mau led a secluded life in Hamburg. He mainly painted from photographs of his travels through the United States <br>or, as here, a train carriage on the London Underground. The fact that he superimposed different images with <br>the help of a slide projector is evident from the flatness of the passenger, who appears to be pasted onto the <br>painting. For Mau, this turned ‘the obvious into something special’. His work was much appreciated by the New York Photorealists in the early 1970s. [text 2024]
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Mau led a secluded life in Hamburg. He mainly painted from photographs of his travels through the United States or, as here, a train carriage on the London Underground. The fact that he superimposed different images with the help of a slide projector is evident from the flatness of the passenger, who appears to be pasted onto the painting. For Mau, this turned ‘the obvious into something special’. His work was much appreciated by the New York Photorealists in the early 1970s. [text 2024]
Amerikaans fotorealisme = Amerikanischer Fotorealisme = American Photorealism : de verzameling = die Sammlung = the collection: Museum Hedendaagse Kunst Utrecht, [tekst Wouter Kotte], (Utrecht, 1988), cat. nr. 28, p. 55, met afb. in kleur; p. 100
Michael Mau : Malerei = paintings, Tim Oehler, (Hamburg, 2022), p. 100, afb. in kleur
Op scherp: Fotorealisme nader bekeken / In Focus: A closer look at photorealism, Hanneke Grootenboer, Esmee Postma, met een bijdrage van Linda Nochlin, (Zwolle, 2024), p. 66, afb. kleur
Exhibitions
Op scherp - Fotorealisme nader bekeken, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2024
Amerikaans fotorealisme. De verzameling Museum Hedendaagse Kunst Utrecht, Stadtmuseum Ratingen, Ratingen, 1988 - 1989
Amerikaans fotorealisme. De verzameling Museum Hedendaagse Kunst Utrecht, Hedendaagse Kunst-Utrecht, Utrecht, 1988
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