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Moonwalker

Michael Kagan

Moonwalker

2020

Color screen print on Magnani Incisioni paper

61 × 61 cm

Ed. /100

Location: PARIS, France

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1,620 € 1620.0 EUR 1,620 €

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About the artwork

Composed around a square format, the image presents a close-up perspective of an astronaut's helmet reflecting a lunar landscape and a fellow crew member standing on the surface. The visual structure utilizes broad, gestural brushstroke approximations rendered through the medium of silkscreen, shifting between flat planes of deep blue and stark white highlights. Published by Brand X Editions in New York, the sheet draws upon archival photographic documentation of NASA space missions while emphasizing the tactile materiality associated with traditional painterly techniques.

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Editions produced in collaboration with established print workshops translate the heavy impasto textures of the painter's original canvas works into flat, graphic ink layers on archival cotton paper. Market interest for these multiplier projects has grown in parallel with primary canvas pricing, reflecting broader collector engagement with contemporary figurative multiples.

About the artist

Michael Kagan (b. 1980, Virginia Beach, USA) is an American artist known for his paintings and prints exploring themes of exploration, progress and human memory. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of George Washington University (BFA, 2003) and the New York Academy of Art (MFA, 2005), Kagan has developed an immediately identifiable style blending gestural expressionism and industrial precision. His works draw on historical archives, notably NASA space missions, to question the relationship between man and technology, between heroism and vulnerability. His work has been widely exhibited internationally, including at Half Gallery (New York), The Journal Gallery (Brooklyn), the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and numerous contemporary art fairs such as Art Basel Miami and Frieze New York. Kagan is also known for his collaborations with iconic brands such as A Bathing Ape (BAPE), Porsche and Nike, which celebrate his futuristic aesthetic and the visual power of his universe. His work can be found in numerous private and public collections, confirming his place as one of the most influential contemporary American artists of his generation.

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