Albert Oehlen Overview

Albert Oehlen was born 1954 in Krefeld. Albert Oehlen studied with Sigmar Polke in Hamburg in the 1970s and emerged in the early 80s, along with comtemparies Martin Kippenberger, Georg Herold and Werner Buettner as part of a generation acting in... [more]

Albert Oehlen was born 1954 in Krefeld. Albert Oehlen studied with Sigmar Polke in Hamburg in the 1970s and emerged in the early 80s, along with comtemparies Martin Kippenberger, Georg Herold and Werner Buettner as part of a generation acting in critial and often contradtion to the predominent ideology of the time.Albert Oehlen´s work iis wide-ranging in media and style, amalgamating figuratives, abstract and layered elements to broaden the scope of painting.Albert Oehlen´s paintings are neither beautiful nor seductive. Instead, they are eleborate stratgies of provocation. since 2000 he has a professorship of painting at the academy Duesseldorf. He had exhibitions in London, New Yoork, Berlin, Cologne, Los Angeles, Vienna etc.  He lives and work in Cologne and La Palm in Spain.

 

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