Michael Lazarus
No Reply Necessary, Detail
No Reply Necessary, 2007, enamel, collage and mirror on wood, 23 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches
Direction, 2008, acrylic, mirror and collage on wood, 26 1/2 x 21 inches
Embrace, 2006 acrylic, enamel, collage on wood, 18 x 15 5/8 inches
Take It All Back, 2008, acrylic, mirror and collage on wood, 24 x 20 1/2 inches
Pull Push, 2009, acrylic and collage on panel, 24 x 30 inches
Echoing, 2008, acrylic, mirror and collage on wood, 20 x 20 1/5 inches
Give (it) Up, 2007, enamel, collage and mirror on wood, 20 x 16 inches
Nobodies Business, 2008, acrylic and collage on wood, 23 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches
Nobodies Business, Detail
Michael Lazarus creates icon-like paintings in eye-popping colors on partly cut-out panels. The intricate, layered compositions update Op Art with a darkly psychedelic spin, as in “Nobodies Business,” in which layered, primary-colored spirals emanate from a central death’s head collaged from photographic scraps. It is like the work of a heavy-metal stoner with an acute feel for contemporary graphic design.
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