Michel Majerus left behind some 50 notebooks in which he recorded reflections, elaborated working processes, and sketched pictorial ideas.This publication presents for the first time three notebooks from 1995, for Majerus a path-breaking year of self-discovery as an artist, and places the reception of his work on a new footing.Published on occasion of the exhibition Michel Majerus: Laboratorium für die Feststellung des Offensichtlichen [Laboratory for Appraising the Apparent], 28 Apr 2017 - 3 Mar 2018, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin.English and German text.