<- Michael Van den Besselaar (click on image for full view)   From The Time Machine Mirror series   The retro TV sets from the early and nostalgic days of the medium either overlap and block each other off — fighting for our attention, or are given a starring role in their own universe to communicate their importance in shaping our perceptions of visual information. Michael Van den Besselaar is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, in The Netherlands (1988). He is the recipient of several prestigious awards, such as the Haagse Salon Publics Prize, Haagse Salon Prize, the Grant Startstipendium, and the Karel Klinkenberg Prize. Van den Besselaar’s work is in major private and public collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, Den Haag, The Netherlands, the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and others. Michael Van den Besselaar lives and works in Paris, France. Image: The Time Machine Mirror #3, 2007 oil on canvas, 47 x 63 in Black & White Gallery // Pulse NY 2010 // Booth C-5