Albert Oehlen (born 17 September 1954) is a German artist. He lives and works in

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, Switzerland and

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, Spain.Albert Oehlen
Skarstedt Gallery, New York.

Early life and education

Born in

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, in 1954, Oehlen moved to Berlin in 1977, where he worked as a waiter and decorator with his friend, the artist Werner Büttner.Albert Oehlen, ''Frühstück now (Self-Portrait)'' (1984)

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Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction, 1 July 2014, London. He graduated from the

Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg The ''Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg (HFBK Hamburg)'' is the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg. It dates to 1767, when it was called the ''Hamburger Gewerbeschule''; later it became known as ''Landeskunstschule Hamburg''. The main build ...

, in 1978. Along with

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and

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, Oehlen was a member of Berlin "bad boy" group.

Work

Closely associated with the

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art scene, Oehlen was a member of the Lord Jim Lodge, along with

among others. His art is related to the

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movement. He has more recently been described as a 'free radical'.Glen O'Brien (28 April 2009
"Albert Oehlen" (interview)
''Interview Magazine''. Retrieved 2013-09-26. Influenced by other German painters such as

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Sigmar Polke Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s ...

and

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, Oehlen focuses on the process of painting itself. During the 1980s he began combining abstract and figurative elements of painting in his works, as part of a reaction to the prevailing

Neo-Expressionist Neo-expressionism is a style of late modernist or early-postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s. Neo-expressionists were sometimes called ''Transavantgarde'', ''Junge Wilde'' or ''Neue Wilden'' ('The new wild ones'; 'New ...

aesthetic of the time. In the following years, he worked within self-imposed, often absurd, parameters. He used only gray tones for his "Grey" paintings and limited himself to red, yellow, and blue for another series of what he calls "bad" paintings that included his infamous 1986 portrait of

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.Sean O’Hagan (15 May 2015)
Albert Oehlen: The Change Artist
'' W''. In his paintings of the late 1990s, each piece consists of smears and lines of paint Oehlen brushed and sprayed over collaged imagery that had been transferred to canvas by the type of gigantic inkjet printers used to manufacture billboards. In 2002, Oehlen exhibited the "Self-Portraits" series which included eight self-portraits among them ''Frühstück Now (Self-Portrait)''(1984), ''Self-Portrait With Open Mouth'' (2001) and ''Self-Portrait as a Dutch Woman'' (1983). In Oehlen's recent work, flat, figurative cut-outs-all the products of

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(CAD), and gestural strokes of oil paint trade places in the service of collage. In his recent ''Finger Paintings'', color-blocked advertisements are an extension of the canvas, providing fragmented, readymade surfaces for Oehlen's visceral markings, made with his hands, as well as brushes, rags, and spray-cans. In 2014 Skarstedt Gallery, New York hosted Oehlen' "Fabric Paintings" exhibition, featuring fourteen of the twenty paintings made from 1992 to 1996, and mostly kept in his studio. In 2015 Oehlen had his first major New York exhibition, "Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden" at the

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a self-portraits selection from 1980s and 1990s.

Music

In the 1990s, Oehlen briefly ran his own independent label, Leiterwagen, putting out experimental electronica. Since the late 1990s Oehlen has played in the bands

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and Van Oehlen. References to music are frequent in his paintings and drawings. His artwork is on CDs by

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, Arthur Russell, and Brooklyn-based band Child Abuse.

Teaching

Oehlen was Professor of Painting at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová, ...

from 2000 to 2009.

Personal life

Oehlen is the brother of fellow artist

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, and their father is also an artist. He lives with his wife, Esther Freund, and their three children in a village near

Reception

Criticism

In 2013 ''ArtDaily'' described Oehlen as "one of the most influential, but also one of the most controversial of contemporary painters". His paintings are also frequently compared with

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's. However his work has not been met with universal approval. Philippe Dagen, writing in ''

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'' about Oehlen's 2011 exhibition in

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, concluded that he was "of only limited importance. With about 30 canvases he reveals his system with absolute, but unfortunately appalling, clarity." His paintings were devoid of "any form of expression or psychic density". His 2007 painting, ''Loa'', is now part of the UK's

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Art market

The Galerie Max Hetzler gave Oehlen his first solo show in 1981. At a 2014

auction in London, one of Oehlen's self-portraits from 1984 was sold for $1.8 million, roughly three times its $670,000 high estimate. At a March 2017 Christie's auction, Albert's ''Self-Portrait with Palette'' sold for $3,623,230. In June 2019, at a Sotheby's auction in London, his ''Self-Portrait with Empty Hands'' sold to dealer Per Skarstedt for $7,542,157, a new record for the artist.

Exhibitions

Oehlen has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including ''I Will Always Champion Good Painting'' at

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in London (2006), ''Grounswell'' at the

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(2005), ''Provins – Legende'' at Museet for Samtidskunst in

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, Denmark and ''Spiegelbilder 1982–1985'' at Max Hetzler gallery in

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(2005). In 2013 a retrospective of his entire oeuvre from the 1980s to 2005 consisting of over 80 works was held at MUMOK,

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."mumok presents first comprehensive overview in Austria of Albert Oehlen's work"
ArtDaily.org, 16 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-26. Oehlen's work was included in the

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.Albert Oehlen: "Home & Garden" Annex, 17 June – 4 September 2015

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, New York. A survey of more than 30 years of work was exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 4 December 2016 until 12 March 2017.

Selected solo exhibitions

* Sculptures and Works on Paper,

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, Marfa, 2022 * Works on Paper and a Sculpture,

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, Athensa, 2022 * Carroll Dunham / Albert Oehlen,

, London, 2021 * unverständliche braune Bilder,

, Berlin, 2021 * Ömega Man, Reena Spaulings, Los Angeles * Tramonto Spaventoso, Gagosian, Beverly Hills, 2021 * Carroll Dunham / Albert Oehlen. Bäume / Trees, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hanover (travelled from Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf) (catalogue), 2020 * Carroll Dunham / Albert Oehlen. Bäume / Trees, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 2019 * Spiegelbilder,

, London, 2019 * New Paintings,

, Hong Kong, 2019 * UNFERTIG, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, 2019 * Drawings,

at 420a North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, 2019 * Sexe, Religion, Politique,

Gallery, Paris, 2018 * Cows by the Water, Pinault Collection, Palazzo Grassi, Venice * Albert Oehlen / Julian Schnabel,

, Berlin (catalogue), 2018 * Albert Oehlen and Peppi Bottrop: Line packers”, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, 2018 * Elevator Paintings: Trees,

Gallery, New York, 2017 * Ö, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, 2017 * Jahn und Jahn, Munich, 2017 * Recent Works, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, 2016 * Works on Paper,

, Berlin (catalogue),

Gallery, London, 2016 *

Gallery, New York, 2015 * Albert Oehlen: Rawhide, Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, 2015 * Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden, New Museum, New York (catalogue, 2015 * An Old Painting in Spirit,

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, Zurich, 2015 * Fabric Paintings, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, 2014 * Die 5000 Finger von Dr. Ö, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, 2014 * Interieurs,

, Berlin, 2013 * Albert Oehlen / John Sparagana, Studiolo, Zurich, 2013 * Albert Oehlen - Recent work,

Gallery, Geneva, 2013 * Drawings,

Gallery, Rome, 2012 * New Paintings,

Gallery, New York , 2012 * Albert Oehlen Painting, MUMOK, Vienna 2013 * Albert Oehlen, Carre d'Art, Nîmes, 2011 * Albert Oehlen, Galerie

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, Paris, 2011 * Albert Oehlen, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, 2011 * Albert Oehlen,

, Berlin, 2011 * Albert Oehlen- Fingermalerei, Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, Germany 2010 * Albert Oehlen, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples 2010 * Museo di Capodimonte, Naples (retrospective) 2009 * Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris 2008 * Thomas Dane Gallery, London (catalogue) 2008 *

, Berlin (catalogue) 2008 * Paintings 1988–2008, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 2008 * Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 2008 * Drei Amigos!, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, 2007 * Prints (with Christopher Wool), 1018 ART, New York City 2007 * Albert Oehlen- I Will Always Champion Good Painting,

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, London 2006 * Painter of Light, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York 2006 *

, Berlin 2006 * Albert Oehlen – I Will Always Champion Bad Painting, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2006 * Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium 2006 * Albert Oehlen – New Paintings and Collages, Thomas Dane, London, 2005 * I know whom you showed last summer, Museum of Modern Art, Miami, 2005 * Albert Oehlen. Paintings 1980–1981, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York 2005 * FRAC Auvergne – Ecuries de Chazerat,

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, France (catalog) 2005 * Spiegelbilder 1982–1985,

, Berlin 2005 * Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris 2005 * Albert Oehlen, Malerei 1980–2004, Selbstportrait mit 50millionenfacher Lichtgeschwindigkeit, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, 2005 * Selbstportrait mit 50millionenfacher Lichtgeschwindigkeit, Musée Cantonale des Beaux Arts, Lausanne (catalog) 2004 * Albert Oehlen, Malerei 1980–2004, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin 2004 * Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York 2004 * Spezialbilder – Albert Oehlen / Jonathan Meese,

, Berlin 2004 * Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, 2003 * Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg (catalogue) 2002 * Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris 2002 * Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica 2002 * Pinturas y Dibujos 2002 * Terminale Erfrischung: Computercollagen und Malerei, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover (catalog) 2001 * Der Ritt der sieben Nutten – das war mein Jahrhundert (with Markus Oehlen), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (catalogue) 2000 * Höre auf zu arbeiten, die Erregung nimmt Dir die Kraft, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne 2000 * Albert Oehlen. Malerei, Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Luckenwalde (catalog) & Bernier / Eliades, Athens, 2000 * refuse, light and a joke invented in drunkenness, Luhring Augustine, New York 1999 * Albert Oehlen. Malerei, Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Luckenwalde (catalogue) 1997 * IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia (catalogue) 1996 * Abortion of the Cool, Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg (catalogue) 1995 * Oehlen Williams 95 (with Christopher Williams), Wexner Center for Arts, Columbus, Ohio (catalogue) 1995 * Recent Paintings, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago 1995 * Realidad Abstracta (with Markus Oehlen), Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, Santander (catalogue) 1990 * Linolschnitte, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (catalogue) 1989 * Abräumung – Prokrustische Malerei 1982 – 84,

, Zürich (catalogue) 1987

Public collections

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, London *

Fondazione Prada Fondazione Prada, co-chaired by Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli since 1995, is an institution dedicated to contemporary art and culture. From 1993 to 2010, the Fondazione has organised 24 solo shows at its exhibition spaces in Milan, conceived ...

, Milan * Albertina, Vienna *

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, Paris * Centre Pompidou, Paris * Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main * Kunsthalle Würth *

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, Chicago * Hill Art Foundation, New York * ICA, Miami *

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, Los Angeles *

, New York * Sammlung Falckenberg – Kulturstiftung Phoenix Art, Hamburg * Museum Ludwig, Cologne *

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* Kunstraum Grässlin, St. Georgen * MUDAM-Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg * ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe * Neue Galeria Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz * Inhotim Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Brumadinho, Brazil * Sammlung Essl-Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg *

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(MMK), Frankfurt/Main * Museet for Samtidskkunst, Roskilde, Denmark * Daimler Contemporary, Berlin * Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig- MUMOK, Vienna * FRAC- Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris * Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach * FNAC Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Puteaux * The

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, London * Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg * Tervi Flash Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Trevi * CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Malága, Malága * de la Cruz Collection – Miami, Florida * Ståhl Collection, Norrköping, Sweden

References

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External links

Albert Oehlen at Gagosian Gallery

Galerie Max Hetzler, Artist Page

''Albert Oehlen'' exhibition catalogue to accompany his show at Thomas Dane Gallery, London in 2008
* (O'Brien, Glen
Interview Magazine article

Luhring Augustine Gallery.

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