Albert Oehlen

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Albert Oehlen (born September 17, 1954 in Krefeld ) is a German painter , object and installation artist .

Life

Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen's brother , was born in Krefeld in 1954. In 1978 he painted a mural with Werner Büttner for the Welt bookstore in Hamburg. A pornographic detail in the picture immediately caused public nuisance, but the two artists responsible showed their remorse in a letter of apology and agreed to correct their mistake. Even if there were doubts and reservations about the two artists from the epoch that was coming to an end, they did not allow themselves to be deprived of their freedom regarding their painting. Together they founded the League to Combat Contradictory Behavior. From 1977 to 1981 he studied at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg with Claus Böhmler and Sigmar Polke .

In 1981 Oehlen received a solo exhibition with his work at Max Hetzler in Stuttgart. In 1982 he painted mirror images and worked with Martin Kippenberger on the sculpture "Orgone Box at Night". In 2000, he was appointed to a professorship at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , which he held until 2009. He designed the monumental mosaic Bionic Boogie for the exhibition In Between for the World Exhibition Expo 2000 in Hanover. For the Cologne Taschen he designed in the publishing headquarters at Hohenzollernring 53 a tiled floor.

In 2015, Oehlen, like Kanye West , received an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago .

He lives in Gais AR .

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Albert Oehlen is assigned to the so-called New Wilds and is a protagonist of Neo-Expressionism. He himself describes his work as “non-objective” and describes the term as “silly”. His work is multimedia oriented, but the focus is on painting. Many works are designed as a series; the artist is concerned with the possibilities of painting. A number of works were created in collaboration with other artists such as Werner Büttner , Georg Herold , Markus Oehlen , Martin Kippenberger and Jonathan Meese .

Working in public collections

Brazil

Germany

Austria

Italy

Luxembourg

United States of America

United Kingdom

Discography

  • Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen , Jörg Immendorff , Werner Büttner , Martin Kippenberger and AR Penck : The Vengeance of Memory. ZigZag - ZZ 205, 1984
  • Albert Oehlen & Martin Kippenberger: Nelson And The Alma Band (7 ″, S / Sided). Ladder Cart Records, 1990
  • Rüdiger Carl , Albert & Markus Oehlen: Jailhouse: Indigo (CD). Ladder Cart Records, 1996
  • Rüdiger Carl, Albert & Markus Oehlen: Jailhouse: Drums in a Suit (CD). Ladder Cart Records, 1996
  • Rüdiger Carl, Albert & Markus Oehlen: Jailhouse with Strings (CD). Ladder Car Records, 1998

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

Movies

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Burkhard Riemschneider. Albert Oehlen. 1995, pp. 6/7.
  2. ↑ Burkhard Riemschneider. Albert Oehlen. 1995, pp. 8/9.
  3. ↑ Press release: Bene Taschen presents: 5 Years - Six Artists , accessed on April 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ kettererkunst.de
  5. ^ COLOR AND CONTENT . Retrieved November 22, 2011
  6. ↑ Schaulager.Retrieved November 22, 2011
  7. ↑ Collection Retrieved November 22, 2011 ( Memento November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Artist Retrieved on November 22, 2011 ( Memento from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ The Collection . Retrieved November 22, 2011
  10. ↑ Artist Information.Retrieved November 22, 2011
  11. ↑ Museum page on the exhibition , accessed on May 3, 2014.
  12. ^ Geniale Dilletanten - Exhibition in the House of Art ( Memento from October 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Radio Bayern 2, br.de
  13. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Trees that lay eggs. Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Oehlen, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist (painting, objects, installations, music)
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld