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Artist
Albert Oehlen
b. 1954, Krefeld, West Germany · German · Based in Switzerland; Vienna, Austria
- Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
- Post-German Expressionist Painting
- Computer Paintings
- Squeegeed Oil
- Collage
Albert Oehlen emerged in 1980s Germany with deliberately abrasive paintings that rejected both heroic expressionism and conceptual purity. His career has moved through self-described bad painting, computer-generated imagery, collage-like abstraction and increasingly large, improvisational canvases.
Painting
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
MOCA Artist Film Series: Albert Oehlen
The Museum of Contemporary Art15 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1984Self-Portrait with Open Mouth
- 1992–2008Computer Paintings
- 2010sBaum series
- 1990FM 37
- 1990sUntitled
- 2014Untitled (Tree)
- 2016Elevator Paintings
- 2010sJohn Graham Remix
- 2009Untitled
- 1989Ömega Man
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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