Michael Najjar »
Ventures into Space
spacewalk (2013) equilibrium (2013) skyfall (2015)
Exhibition: 4 May – 16 Jul 2017
Des Moines Art Center
4700 Grand Avenue
IA 50312-2099 Des Moines
+1-515-2774405
Tue, Wed, Fri 11-16, Thu 11-21, Sat 10-16, Sun 12-16
Michael Najjar is an artist and Virgin Galactic Pioneer Astronaut with plans to travel into space with Richard Branson’s SpaceShipTwo in the near future. Since 2012, Najjar has been through a grueling, multi-stage training in Star City, Russia as one of the pioneer astronauts. Najjar’s photos and videos incorporate documentation of the actual training experience—centrifuge spins, zero-g flight, underwater space walks, and stratosphere flight—but they ultimately blur the lines between reality and fiction. Three videos will be featured by Najjar: spacewalk (2013), equilibrium (2013), and skyfall (2015).