Pace Prints is pleased to present, Downforce, an exhibition of 16 new collages on panel by Brooklyn-based artist Michael Kagan, on view from March 21–April 26, 2025, at 536 West 22nd Street in New York City.
The show’s title, Downforce, invokes the core aerodynamic force that F1 cars exploit to achieve their astounding speeds. This force creates downward pressure on a driver up to five times their own body weight and directly determines how well a car grips the track at top speeds.
How much force a driver is able to withstand, and control, can mean the difference between winning and losing.
Representational from a distance, yet abstract and painterly up close, these large- and small-scale collages present dizzying textures and electric swaths of color, creating visually tantalizing effects, and establishing their own unique place in Kagan’s overarching artistic practice.
Iconic moments from the history of Formula One are presented throughout the exhibition—both the euphoric and the catastrophic.
Lewis Hamilton’s emotional body language after having won his first Grand Prix title in Global Player is contrasted by the fiery impact of Moving Through Time and Space, depicting the collision of Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Throughout this body of work, Kagan directly contends with the urge to pursue the extremes of human experience and achievement
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