Albert Oehlen | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Buy 3, Get 1 Free on all Graphic Novels, Anime & Manga. EXTENDED until 9th June at midnight!
Buy 3, Get 1 Free on all Graphic Novels, Anime & Manga. EXTENDED until 9th June at midnight!
A01=Alexander Klar
A01=John Corbett
A01=Martin Prinzhorn
A01=Roberto Ohrt
A07=Albert Oehlen
A12=Albert Oehlen
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Alexander Klar
Author_John Corbett
Author_Martin Prinzhorn
Author_Roberto Ohrt
automatic-update
B01=Hans Werner Holzwarth
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=ACXJ
Category=AGB
COP=Germany
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_English
Language_French
Language_German
PA=Available
Price_€50 to €100
PS=Active
softlaunch

Albert Oehlen

English, French, German

By (author): Alexander Klar John Corbett Martin Prinzhorn Roberto Ohrt

Illustrated by: Albert Oehlen

The paintings of Albert Oehlen live by audacious strategies, by questioning the image and the rules of abstraction, and by an openness and beauty often reached through the unlikeliest of means.

In this expansive monograph, we meet the full range of Oehlens artistic thoughts and approaches: paintings that integrate mirrors, paintings that are executed strictly in primary colors or only in gray, heavily pixelated paintings produced with the help of one of the first personal computers. We find collaged fragments of garish poster ads on canvases that transforming screaming slogans into abstract elements, charcoal drawings the size of a wall, finger paintings, and paintings in which black treelike silhouettes contort themselves into a lexicon of abstract forms. Throughout, Oehlen transforms the conceptual into the compositional, at once invigorating and challenging the viewer.

Revising and updating TASCHENs previous Collectors Edition, this revelatory survey explores Oehlens trajectory from his early days up to the present. It features more than 400 paintings as well as insightful commentaries and interviews, covering Oehlens different work stages and approaches. Roberto Ohrts essay takes us back to the special vibe of the early 1980s where Oehlen worked alongside Kippenberger, Büttner, and others, part of a scene that painted quickly and close to the pulse of time. Oehlen discusses his computer paintings with John Corbett, and follows up on his more recent work, his thoughts on art, and his day in the studio in a lengthy conversation with Alexander Klar. Together with a collection of shorter texts and statements, this brings us close to the ideas of an artist who has been dubbed the most resourceful abstract painter alive.

See more
Current price €59.19
Original price €73.99
Save 20%
A01=Alexander KlarA01=John CorbettA01=Martin PrinzhornA01=Roberto OhrtA07=Albert OehlenA12=Albert OehlenAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Alexander KlarAuthor_John CorbettAuthor_Martin PrinzhornAuthor_Roberto Ohrtautomatic-updateB01=Hans Werner HolzwarthCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=ACXJCategory=AGBCOP=GermanyDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_EnglishLanguage_FrenchLanguage_GermanPA=AvailablePrice_€50 to €100PS=Activesoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Weight: 3850g
  • Dimensions: 250 x 334mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Jan 2018
  • Publisher: Taschen GmbH
  • Publication City/Country: Germany
  • Language: English, French, German
  • ISBN13: 9783836508971

About Alexander KlarJohn CorbettMartin PrinzhornRoberto Ohrt

Alexander Klar is an art historian and director of the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Wiesbaden. He has written the books Neue Freiheit: Abstraktion nach 1945 (2010) Rui Inácio: True Images (2010) and Albert Oehlen: Die 5000 Finger von Dr. Ö (2014) and has edited numerous exhibition catalogs. John Corbett is a curator and writer based in Chicago. He is the co-owner of Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery author of Extended Play (1994) Microgroove: Forays into Other Music (2015) and Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium (2017) and he produces CDs for Corbett vs. Dempseys label. Martin Prinzhorn is a linguist at the University of Vienna and an art critic who regularly publishes essays in art books and magazines. Among many others he has written on Georg Baselitz Angela Bulloch Lecia Dole­Recio Will Fowler Sarah Lucas and Martin Kippenberger. Roberto Ohrt born 1954 in Santiago de Chile lives in Hamburg in Germany and since 1990 has written on art curated numerous exhibitions and co-founded the Akademie Isotrop (19962001). Since 2001 he edits artists books through the Silverbridge publishing house in collaboration with Juli Susin. Albert Oehlen was born in Krefeld Germany in 1954. After graduating from the Hochschule für Bildende Kunst Hamburg in 1978 he came to prominence in the early 1980s and has exhibited internationally. Influenced by Georg Baselitz Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter Oehlen's work focuses on the process of painting exposing its structural elements. He lives in Switzerland. Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. His TASCHEN publications include the Collectors Editions Jeff Koons Christopher Wool Albert Oehlen Beatriz Milhazes Ai Weiwei Georg Baselitz Julian Schnabel and the David Hockney SUMO A Bigger Book as well as monographs such as the XXL-sized Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept