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The new body of work attests to Micheal's keen observations of everyday life as it unfolded in the late 80s and 90s of the Detroit he grew up in, and later in Brazil, Los Angeles, and Oakland. The scenes of urbanity he portrays, such as a game of street dice or waiting outside the bodega, are instantly recognizable due to their timeless quality. These tableaus often unfold in the world with a bustling vitality, the hurried pace of cities, and bodies. Indeed, they are perceived so by the city dweller who hastily moves through space, rarely attending too long to what becomes mundane detail …