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ALBERT OEHLEN: The Good Life,

April 29 - June 4, 2004

ALBERT OEHLEN: The Good Life

Past exhibition
  • Overview
  • Artist
  • Overview
    ALBERT OEHLEN, The Good Life
    Since the 1970's, Albert Oehlen has examined life through images, both popular and arcane. A disciple of Sigmar Polke, who was aided and abetted by Martin Kippenberger, Oehlen has hammered away at our world and culture, in every imaginable medium. In his first New York exhibition of small-scaled collages, Albert Oehlen touches upon an existential dilemma as it intersects with contemporary life. There are about 2 zillion ways to interpret what he says. One might be, "Why is our world so various, so familiar and so strange at the same time?" Another: "Why is that peasant from a Pieter Bruegel painting in a hot tub?"

    This exhibition includes 30 new works, each an attempt to rearrange the metaphorical double helix inside our brain. How can we make sense of all this chatter? Thankfully, he has thrown us a titular life-line, via Sinatra.

    Albert Oehlen was born in 1954 in Krefeld, Germany. This is his third exhibition at Nolan Eckman. A concurrent show of paintings is on view at Luhring Augustine in Chelsea.
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 6 3/4 x 5 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      6 3/4 x 5 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 6 1/2 x 9 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      6 1/2 x 9 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 9 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      9 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 9 x 6 1/4 in (22.9 x 15.9 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      9 x 6 1/4 in (22.9 x 15.9 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in (17.1 x 21 cm) framed: 19 3/8 x 16 3/8 in (49.2 x 41.6 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in (17.1 x 21 cm)
      framed: 19 3/8 x 16 3/8 in (49.2 x 41.6 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 9 x 13 1/4 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      9 x 13 1/4 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches 17.1 x 12.1 cm
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches
      17.1 x 12.1 cm
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 6 x 7 3/4 in (15.2 x 19.7 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      6 x 7 3/4 in (15.2 x 19.7 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 7 x 9 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      7 x 9 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 11 x 6 1/4 in (27.9 x 15.9 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      11 x 6 1/4 in (27.9 x 15.9 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 6 x 4 in (15.2 x 10.2 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      6 x 4 in (15.2 x 10.2 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 16 3/4 x 19 in 42.5 x 48.3 cm
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      16 3/4 x 19 in
      42.5 x 48.3 cm
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 12 x 13 in (30.5 x 33 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      12 x 13 in (30.5 x 33 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 17 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      17 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 12 x 8 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      12 x 8 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 11 3/4 x 9 in (29.8 x 22.9 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      11 3/4 x 9 in (29.8 x 22.9 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 12 x 10 inches 30.5 x 25.4 cm
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      12 x 10 inches
      30.5 x 25.4 cm
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in (36.2 x 27.3 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in (36.2 x 27.3 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 12 x 10 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      12 x 10 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage mounted on board 20 x 14 1/4 inches 50.8 x 36.2 cm
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage mounted on board
      20 x 14 1/4 inches
      50.8 x 36.2 cm
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 12 x 17 3/4 in (30.5 x 45.1 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      12 x 17 3/4 in (30.5 x 45.1 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 12 x 17 3/4 in (30.5 x 45.1 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      12 x 17 3/4 in (30.5 x 45.1 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 12 x 14 1/4 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      12 x 14 1/4 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 12 x 10 in (30.5 x 25.4 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      12 x 10 in (30.5 x 25.4 cm)
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 11 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      11 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 11 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      11 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches 50.2 x 34.9 cm
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      19 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
      50.2 x 34.9 cm
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 collage 12 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches 31.8 x 26 cm
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      collage
      12 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches
      31.8 x 26 cm
    • Albert Oehlen Der Ursprung, 2002 oil on canvas 6 1/4 feet x 11 1/2 feet 190 x 352 cm
      Albert Oehlen
      Der Ursprung, 2002
      oil on canvas
      6 1/4 feet x 11 1/2 feet
      190 x 352 cm
    • Albert Oehlen Untitled, 2004 cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper 6 1/2 x 9 in (16.5 x 22.9 cm) framed: 19 3/8 x 16 3/8 in (49.2 x 41.6 cm)
      Albert Oehlen
      Untitled, 2004
      cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper
      6 1/2 x 9 in (16.5 x 22.9 cm)
      framed: 19 3/8 x 16 3/8 in (49.2 x 41.6 cm)
  • Artist
    • ALBERT OEHLEN

      ALBERT OEHLEN

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