



exit 001
Acrylic, artex, sand, ink, aluminium & wood panel
Exit Paintings explores the residual trace of human presence in an era increasingly defined by virtuality and digital immersion. In this series, Wall investigates the liminal space between material embodiment and disembodied experience, offering a visual language for post-physical subjectivity. The forms, reduced to gestural outlines and abstracted silhouettes, function as symbolic husks — emptied vessels that mark a moment of transition.
These works operate within a conceptual framework informed by post-digital condition and contemporary myth-making, wherein identity and presence are mediated through screens, code, and simulated environments. The surface treatments — textured, tactile, and monochromatic — serve as both a record and a rupture: the paintings suggest fossilised imprints of figures that have exited the tangible world, leaving behind only the signifiers of their former coherence.
Wall’s practice foregrounds the tension between permanence and impermanence, presence and absence. Exit Paintings articulates a speculative archaeology of the near-present — a cultural condition in which the corporeal is increasingly abstracted, and the boundaries of self are continually redefined through technological interface.
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Exit Paintings explores the residual trace of human presence in an era increasingly defined by virtuality and digital immersion. In this series, Wall investigates the liminal space between material embodiment and disembodied experience, offering a visual language for post-physical subjectivity. The forms, reduced to gestural outlines and abstracted silhouettes, function as symbolic husks — emptied vessels that mark a moment of transition.
These works operate within a conceptual framework informed by post-digital condition and contemporary myth-making, wherein identity and presence are mediated through screens, code, and simulated environments. The surface treatments — textured, tactile, and monochromatic — serve as both a record and a rupture: the paintings suggest fossilised imprints of figures that have exited the tangible world, leaving behind only the signifiers of their former coherence.
Wall’s practice foregrounds the tension between permanence and impermanence, presence and absence. Exit Paintings articulates a speculative archaeology of the near-present — a cultural condition in which the corporeal is increasingly abstracted, and the boundaries of self are continually redefined through technological interface.
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Year
2025
Materials
Acrylic, artex, sand, ink, aluminium & wood panel
Dimensions
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17 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches
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17 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches
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“My work reflects on collective and individual realities, the importance of truth and the shifting away from traditional spaces of spirituality.”

About the Artist
Michael Wall
Featured in Architectural Digest's "Best Young Abstract Artists You Should Know About" profile, Michael Wall's large, abstract paintings and unexpected shapes command both attention and consideration. Wall has also been featured in Wallpaper*, AnOther, Abstract Mag, and Cereal and shown in London, Taipei, Paris, Los Angeles, and Berlin.

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Exit Paintings explores the residual trace of human presence in an era increasingly defined by virtuality and digital immersion. In this series, Wall investigates the liminal space between material embodiment and disembodied experience, offering a visual language for post-physical subjectivity. The forms, reduced to gestural outlines and abstracted silhouettes, function as symbolic husks — emptied vessels that mark a moment of transition.
These works operate within a conceptual framework informed by post-digital condition and contemporary myth-making, wherein identity and presence are mediated through screens, code, and simulated environments. The surface treatments — textured, tactile, and monochromatic — serve as both a record and a rupture: the paintings suggest fossilised imprints of figures that have exited the tangible world, leaving behind only the signifiers of their former coherence.
Wall’s practice foregrounds the tension between permanence and impermanence, presence and absence. Exit Paintings articulates a speculative archaeology of the near-present — a cultural condition in which the corporeal is increasingly abstracted, and the boundaries of self are continually redefined through technological interface.


ALEXANDER MAY ON MICHAEL WALL
“I was directly captivated by this work as these are the two colors I am most attracted to. There is a simplicity in its form but it commands a primitive energy I am drawn to.”
Artwork: Black on Red