Michael Mahalchick
Unnatural Desires, Oct 20 – Dec 4, 2005

Past: 55 Chrystie St

Installation view, *Unnatural Desires*, Canada, New York, 2005

Artworks

Michael Mahalchick,
Untitled (sunset),
2005,
16 × 48 in (40.64 × 121.92 cm)
Wood, fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Seat of Power,
2005,
30 × 30 × 30 in (76.20 × 76.20 × 76.20 cm)
Found chair, fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Sunshine and Rain,
2005,
67 × 54 in (170.18 × 137.16 cm)
Fabric and beads

Michael Mahalchick,
/,
2005,
21 × 18 in (53.34 × 45.72 cm)
Fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Unnatural Desires,
2005,
61 × 38 in (154.94 × 96.52 cm)
Wood, fabric, and beads

Michael Mahalchick,
Y?,
2005,
84 × 36 × 29 in (213.36 × 91.44 × 73.66 cm)
Mixed media

Michael Mahalchick,
The Illuminator,
2005,
63 × 18 × 18 in (160.02 × 45.72 × 45.72 cm)
Found lamp, facric, leather and beads

Michael Mahalchick,
Metropolitan and Park,
2005,
90 × 76 in (228.60 × 193.04 cm)
Fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Form.a,
2005,
21 × 21 × 21 in (53.34 × 53.34 × 53.34 cm)
Fabric, string and plastic

Michael Mahalchick,
Private Parts,
2005,
47 × 66 in (119.38 × 167.64 cm)
Fabric and keys

Michael Mahalchick,
Marriage,
2005,
51 × 56 in (129.54 × 142.24 cm)
Fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Intelligent Design,
2005,
20 × 48 × 48 in (50.80 × 121.92 × 121.92 cm)
Trampoline, fabric, beads

Michael Mahalchick,
Disco Hangover,
2005,
72 × 25 × 25 in (182.88 × 63.50 × 63.50 cm)
Wood, plexiglass, fake fur, fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Cheri,
2005,
37 × 25 × 20 in (93.98 × 63.50 × 50.80 cm)
Found chair and fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Wu-Wei,
2005,
5 × 9 × 3 in (12.70 × 22.86 × 7.62 cm)
Wood and fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Cry, Cry, Cry,
2005,
51 × 24 in (129.54 × 60.96 cm)
Metal, fabric, silk flowers, beads

Michael Mahalchick,
Sleeper,
2005,
31 × 30 × 72 in (78.74 × 76.20 × 182.88 cm)
Cot, fabric

Michael Mahalchick,
Experimental Makeup Washcloth,
2005,
25 × 12 in (63.50 × 30.48 cm)
Washcloths, buttons, make-up

Michael Mahalchick,
isolation stool,
2005,
24 × 13 × 13 in (60.96 × 33.02 × 33.02 cm)
Stool, fabric, silk flowers, beads

Michael Mahalchick,
Karate Belts,
2005,
11 × 11 in (27.94 × 27.94 cm)
Karate belts

Press Release

Artist Statement:

Perverse permutations abound, arouse, and confuse in a universe where particular powers drive one to exclude the unusual. Naturally, these particular powers believe that their particular patterns look consistent but are blissfully unaware of the cosmic tenderness which will cause them to deviate.

Passion, an authentic gesture neither contrived nor constrained but an entirely artificial combination of chance and design which violates social norms, brought on by feelings of otherness and loneliness that forces one to petition the other to document and eyewitness the magical transformations of one's readymades into a knowledge which has no beginning or end. A dizzy spiral of glee and malice that culminates in the abstraction of stimulation into an object which functions as a decoration meant to disguise and distinguish life from death, a fetish against inhumanity and a potent object of exchange, a fearless exhibition of one's unnatural desires.

Michael Mahalchick has recently participated in Greater New York at PS 1, group shows in Oslo, Los Angeles and Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York City. His work will be featured in the courtyard at The Sculpture Center in Long Island City in January, 2006. Michael received an MFA from Cal Arts in 1995.