The work of Michail Pirgelis (*1976) updates the traditions of post-minimalism, the readymade and conceptual art while simultaneously resisting them. His process usually begins with found materials from aircraft cemeteries in California and Arizona, where disused passenger planes wait to be dismantled and recycled. The Cologne-based artist explores the limits of our understanding of objects, while radically expanding our experience of the sculptural.
Michail Pirgelis, Lines of Apollo I+III, 2025
© Michail Pirgelis. Photo: Ben Hermanni
© Michail Pirgelis. Photo: Ben Hermanni
Michail Pirgelis
Curated by Friderike Schuler
Kunstraum München, Munich
February 26–April 19, 2026
Public Reception: February 25, 7–10pm
Michail Pirgelis presents his latest series of works, Lines of Apollo, at Kunstraum München as a site-specific installation spanning both floors. The works are made from original airplane parts with red and white stripes—abstracted fragments of flags. Through the cutouts and surface treatments, Pirgelis intervenes to varying degrees in shaping the found materials. With their red stripes on a white background and a consistent format, the series emphasises the serial and conceptual aspects and recalls abstract Minimal Art paintings.
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