John Berggruen Gallery
Albert Oehlen
Biography
Albert OehlenBORN
Krefeld, Germany, 1954
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Albert Oehlen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin Germany.
Albert Oehlen: I Will Always Champion Good Painting, Whitechapel, London & Arnolfini, Bristol,
(exhibition catalogue).
Albert Oehlen: Painter of Light. Luhring Augustine, New York
2005-2006
Albert Oehlen. I Know Whom You Showed Last Summer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami,
FL.
2005
Spiegelbilder 1982-1985, Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Amman Fine Art AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Thomas Dane, London
2005-2004
Secession. Albert Oehlen, Vienna, Austria
Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, DA2, Spain
2004
Albert Oehlen, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Albert Oehlen. Peinture / Malerei 1980 - 2004, Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne,
Switzerland
Albert Oehlen. The Good Life, Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
2003
Albert Oehlen, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Albert Oehlen. Vier Germalde. Schallplattenexistenz Weg Gruntone Material Auf Abruf 2001,
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
2002
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belguim
Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Painting and Collages, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
2002-2001
Luhring Augustine, New York
Self Portraits, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York
2001
Checkers, Galerie Baerbel Graesslin, Frankfurt
2000
Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Patrick Painter, Inc, Santa Monica
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
1999
Luhring Augustine, New York
Nolan/ Eckman Gallery, New York
Galerie Barbel Gra?lin, Frankfurt
Galerie Bleich- Rossi, Graz
Lord, Pferdeflusterer, Antichrist, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
1998
Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Barbel Grasslin, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (with Georg Herold)
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
1997
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
Galleri K, Oslo
Kunsthalle Basel
Lass spielen (Vergessene Kinder), Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Baladas Heavy, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Koln, Germany
Auchenbach Kunstausstellungen, Dusseldorf
1996
IVAM, Centre de Carme , Valencia
Obras Recientes Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madris, Spain
Luhring Augustine, New York
1995
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Gesellschaft fur Gegenwartskunst, Ausburg
1994
The Renaissance Society, Chicago
Galerie Borgmann-Capitain, Koln
Deitchtorhallen, Hamburg
1993
Kunstraum Daxer, Munich
Galerie Barbel Grasslin, Frankfurt
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
1992
Bruno Brunnet Fine Art, Berlin
Galerie Max Hetzler, Koln
Luhring Augustine, New York
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla, Madrid
Film Festival Koln, Koln (with Christopher Williams)
1991
Galerie Max Hetzler, Koln
Luhring Augustine, New York
Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica
Galerie Giesela Capitain, Koln
1990
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Wien
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels
Galerie Grasslin-Erhardt, Frankfurt
Friedrichshof, Zurndorf
Galerie Max Hetzler, Koln
1989
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica
Galerie Grasslin-Erhardt, Frankfurt.
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz
Forum Stadtpark, Graz
1988
Galerie Max Hetzler, Koln
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Koln
1987
Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich
Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz
Galerie Grasslin-Erhardt, Frankfurt
Galerie Max Hetzler, Koln
Scenery for Tannhauser, performed at Bremen Opera, Bremen
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
1986
Galerie Borgmann-Capitain, Koln
Galerie Max Hetzler, Koln
CCD Galerie, Dusseldorf
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich
Maximilian Verlag-Sabine Knust, Munchen
Galerie Borgmann-Capitain, Koln
Galerie Klein, Bonn
1985
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
Galerie Six Friedrich; Maximilian Verlag-Sabine Knust, Munchen
1984
Galerie Paul Andriesse-Helen Van der Meij, Amsterdam
Galerie Max Hetzler, Koln
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Wien
1983
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Koln
Ewige Feile, Maximilian Verlag-Sabine Kunst, Munchen
1982
Forum Kunst, Rottweil
Galerie Arno Kohnen, Dusseldorf
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg
1981
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart
Galerie Magers, Bonn
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Summer Show, July 10 - September 1, 2007, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Accidental Painting, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York.
Concrete Works, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
Kommando Freiderich Hulderin Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany.
Dedica, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy
Leg Show, Patrick Painter Inc, Santa Monica, CA
The Lath Picture Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York.
Irreversible, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Idees de la peinture: Hommage a Martin Barre, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris (catalogue).
Gods in Exile: Salvador Dal, Albert Oehlen, et al., Kunsthaus Graz, Germany (catalogue).
Make Your Own Life: Artist In & Out of Cologne, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia,
traveling to The Power Plant, Toronto; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington,
Seattle; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami (catalogue)
Surprise, Surprise, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London.
Works on Paper, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, USA
Gods in Exile: Salvador Dali, Albert Oehlen, et al., Kunsthaus Graz, Germany (catalogue).
Vous etes ici (You are here), FRAC (Fonds Regional d Art Contemporain d Auvergne, France.
(exhibition catalogue)
2005
Self Portraits, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York.
Works on Paper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Groundswell. Constructing the Contemporary Landscape, MOMA, New York, NY
The Triumph of Paintings, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2004
Spezialbilder. Albert Oehlen. Jonathan Meese, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin. Traveling to:
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Paintings, Gallery K, Oslo, Norway
Kommando Friedrich Schiller, Detroit
German Drawings of the Late 20th Century, Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Garden Eden, Galerie zur Eroffnung, Frankfurt, Germany
Pixels, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York
Hot Ice. Recent Painting from the Scharpff Collection, Hamburg Kunstalle, Germany
2003
Biennale d Art Contemporain de Lyon 2003, Lyon, France
Painting Pictures: Painting and Media in the Digital Age," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
2000
Painting on the Move. A Century of Contemporary Painting (1900-2000), Kunstmuseum, Basel,
Switzerland
La Prima Idea: Aktuelle Malerei auf Papier, Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zurich,
Switzerland
Glee: Painting Now. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Glee: Painting Now Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida
1999
Decades in Dialogue: Perspectives on the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago
Visualizing Digiteracy: Considering Current Technologies, Memphis College of Art, TN
Digital Sites, Numark Gallery, Washington, DC
My Name: Sammlung Falckenberg, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Germany
Sammlung Essl: The First View, Klosterneuburg, Vienna
Die Sammlung Paul Maenz, Neues Museum Weimar
1998
Heimo Zobernig, Bonner Kunstverein, Galerie fur Zeitgen, Kunst Leipzig, Kunstverein, Munchen
Recollection, Kunstverein Graz
Fast Forward Image, Kunstverein, Hamburg
Group painting show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery
Georg Herold / Albert Oehlen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Visualizing Digiteracy: Considering Current Technologies, Memphis College of Art, TN
Selbstportraits, Galerie Barbel Grasslin, Frankfurt
Fast Forward Archives, Kunstverein in Hamburg
Luhring Augustine, New York
1997
Colleccio d?Art Contemporani Fundacio ?la Caixa?, Barcelona, September.
Display, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Deutshlandbilder Kunst aus einem geteilten Land, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
1996
On Paper II, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, January
Change of Scene X, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, June.
Peinture-Peinture. Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, May-July.
Provins Legende, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde
1995
Albert Oehlen and Christopher Williams, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH,
January
Redefining Convention: German Art Now, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, June-July
Dancing Girls, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, April-July
XL, Galerie Borgmann-Capitain, Koln, July-August
Luhring Augustine, New York, July-September
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, July-August
Malerei, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, August-September
1994
Galleri K, Oslo, January-March
Return of the Hero, Luhring Augustine, New York, October- November
1993
Zeitsprunge: Collection of Rudolf und Ute Scharpff, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen,
January-February
Drawing the Line Against AIDS, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, June, The
Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, October
1992
Works on Paper: Forg, Gonzalez-Torres, Kilimnik, Kippenberger, Nares, Oehlen, Pensato, Prina,
Wool, Luhring Augustine, New York, February-March
Works on Paper: Herold, Oehlen, Wool, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, March.
Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Allegories for Modernism: Contemporary Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York,
February-May
Works on Paper, Jim Schmidt Contemporary Art, April- May.
Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Ars Pro Domo, Museum Ludwig, Koln, May
Dirty Data: The Collection of Wilhelm Schurmann, Ludwig Forum fur internationale Kunst, June-
August
Landscape Untitled: Halley, Oehlen, Wool, Galerie Senda, Barcelona, June-October.
Greatest Hits, Daniel Buchholz, Koln, July-August.
Felix Gonzales-Torres, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Williams, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los
Angeles, October-November.
1991
Metropolis, Berlin
Gullivers Travels, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Koln, April.
Herbert Brandl, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Wool, Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, June-Sept.
1990
Galerie Giesela Capitain, Koln.
Prints and Multiples, Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica.
Signatures, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz.
Realidad Abstracta, Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, Santander.
Art of the Eighties, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz.
Galerie Max Hetzler, Ausstellungsraum Alsdorfer, Koln
1989
Refigured Painting: The German Image 1960-1980, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo;
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Williams College Museum, Williamstown
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago
Museum Ludwig in den Rheinhallen der Messe, Koln.
New Figuration: German Painters 1960-80, Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf; Kusthalle
Schirn, Frankfurt.
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Wien.
Galerie Christine et Isy Brachot, Brussel.
German Photography from the 70s and 80s, Galerie Ursula Schurr, Stuttgart.
Galerie Grasslin-Erhardt, Frankfurt.
1988
Exchange, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin.
Work in History-History in Work, Kunsthaus und Kunsterverein Hamburg, Hamburg.
The Light of the Other Side, Galerie Monika Spruth, Koln.
The Binational: German and American Art of the Eighties, Kusthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf;
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts,
Minneapolis; Contemporary Arts Museum, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston.
Architecture in Todays Painting, Deutshes Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt.
Galerie Kammer, Hamburg.
B.R.D.: Abstract Tendencies in New German Art, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica.
Martin Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla; Galeria d?Arte,
Schweiz.
Photographic Work from Koln, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Koln.
New Prints from Germany, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis.
Albert Oehlen, Marcus Oehlen, Matin Kippenberger, Werner Buttner, Galerie Susan Wyss,
Zurich.
1987
We do what we want: Young German Art, Galerie Schipka, Sofia; Museo de Arte
Contemporaneo, Sevilla.
Q.U.I. Centre National des Arts Plastique, Villa Arson, Nice.
Room Enough, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen.
25 Years of Business: The Collection of Ileana Sonnabend, CAPC Musee d ?art Contemporain
de Bordeaux, Bordeaux; Centro de Atre Reina Sofia, Madrid.
?Broken Neon?, Steirischer Herbst 87, Forum Stadtpark, Graz; Galerie Christoph Durr, Munchen;
Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris.
?Multiples?, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Koln.
1986
?German Contemporary Artists?, Galerie Comicos, Lisbon.
?Strength and Weakness in Relationships?, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund.
?New German Art from the Ludwig Collection, Aachen?, Haus Metternich, Koblenz.
?Initiative 86?, Galerie Richard Foncke, Gent.
?Maybe we can have our mothers back!?, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg; Institute of
Contemporary Art, London.
?Prints 1970-85?, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz; Galerie Im Stadthaus, Klagenfurt; Kunsthalle
Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven.
?What it is?, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
1985
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz (with Martin Kippenberger)
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Kunsthalle Tubingen, Tubingen.
?O.M. Ungers: Seven Rooms under the Seven Points of the Architecture of John Ruskin?,
Kolnischer Kunstverein, Koln.
?To Genezareth by Harley?, Evangelishe Akademie, Hamburg (with Werner Buttner).
?Two Houses?, Galerie Wanda Reiff, Maastricht (with Werner Buttner).
Studio D, Tubingen (with Werner Buttner, Martin Kippenberger, Markus Oehlen.
1984
?Truth Is Work?, Museum Folkwang, Essen.
?Balance?, Neue Galerie of Joanneum, Graz; Museum Villa Stuck, Munchen; Forum for Real Art,
Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck; Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn.
Galerie Six Friedrich, Munchen.
?Deep Looks?, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.
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?Origen y Vision: Nueva Pintura Alemana?, Centre Culturalde la Caixa de Pensiones, Barcelona;
Palacio Velazquez, Madrid.
Metro Pictures, New York.
?The Kindness of Custom?, CCD Galerie, Dusseldorf.
Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Koln (with Martin Kippenberger).
1983
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart
Galerie Rudigier Schuttle, Munchen
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Wien
?Absprunge?, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
?James Dean/Louis de Funes? (with Martin Kippenberger), Buchandlung Weil, Hamburg.
?Photo collage?, Realismus Studio 24 der Neuen Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin.
?Wood and Linoleum Today?, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg.
?Women in My Father?s Life? (with Martin Kippenberger), Galerie Klein, Bonn.
1982
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich.
?Twelve Artists in Germany?, Kunsthalle Basel; Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
?You Must Go Over Seven Bridges?, Kutscherhaus, Berlin.
?Geile Feige-Feige Geile?, (with Georg Herold), Galerie Arno Kohnen, Dusseldorf.
Galleria Silvio Baviera, Cavigliano (with Martin Kippenberger).
?Capri by Night? (with Martin Kippenberger), Galerie Tanja Grunert, Stuttgart.
?Signal Right-Turn Left?, (with Werner Buttner), Realismus Studio 21 der Neuen Gesellschaft fur
Bildende Kunst, Berlin.
?Cream for Hamburg?, Ausstellungsraum Fettstrasse, 7a, Hamburg.
?Young Painters in Germany?, Galleria d?Arte Moderno, Bolonga.
?Tendenzen 82?, Ulmer Museum, Ulm
?Turin by Night? (with Martin Kippenberger), Dr. Z Dacic, Tubingen.
?Orgon-Kiste by Night? (with Martin Kippenberger), Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart.
1981
?Germany Review I?, Lothringer Strasse, Munchen
?Germany Review II?, Im Klapperhof, Koln
?Young Art in West Germany,? Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart.
?Gegen-Bilder?, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe.
1980
?Nuovo Imagine?, 16th Triennale, Milan
?Finger fur Deutschland?, Atelier Jorg Immendorf, Dusseldorf
Kunstausstellungen Gutenbregstrasse, Stuttgart.
Galerie Paul Maenz, Koln.
1979
Kunstlerhaus, Hamburg (with Georg Herold)
?Mode Nervo?, Kunstlerhaus, Hamburg; Galerie Arno Kohnen, Dusseldorf.
1978
Galerie Arno Kohnen, Dusseldorf (with Markus Oehlen)
?Who?s Afraid of the Hamburg Disease??, Galerie Grotlisch, Munchen.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2006
?Albert Oehlen,? The New Yorker, October 9, 2006, pg. 16. (Luhring Augustine exhibition review)
?Albert Oehlen,? The New Yorker, October 16, 2006, pg. 36. (Luhring Augustine exhibition review)
Albert Oehlen: I Will Always Champion Good Painting. London: Whitechapel Gallery & Arnolfini,
2006. Edited by Andrea Tarsia with Candy Stobbs.
Boggasch, Frauke & Dominik Sittig. ELEND: Zur Fage der Relevanz von Pop in Kunst, Leben
und ?ffentlichen Badeanstalten, ?Pop ?n Painting ? Both have seen much Misfortune,?
N?rnberg: Verlag f?r moderne Kunst N?rnberg, 2006, pp. 192-199.
Collecting Contemporary. Adam Lindemann. K?ln: Taschen, 2006, pp. 84, 86, 88, 90-91.
Gleadell, Colin. ?Summer Roundup: Lively London Shows Sell Out,? ARTnewletter, Vol. XXXI,
No. 24, pp. 3-4.
?Gods in Exile: Salvador Dal?, Albert Oehlen, et al.,? Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum
Joanneum & Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther K?nig, K?ln.
Helander, Bruce. ?Appalling Goodness,? Art of the Times, Vol. 10, January 2006, pp. 10-11.
Herbert, Martin. ?Albert Oehlen; Whitechapel Gallery,? (review), Modern Painters, September
2006, p.105
Hobbs, James. ?Our selection: London,? The Art Newspaper, What?s On, No. 171, July-August
2006, page 6.
Hudson, Suzanne. ?Albert Oehlen: Whitechapel Art Gallery,? (preview) Artforum, May 2006, page
138.
Make Your Own Life: Artists In & Out of Cologne. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art,
University of Pennsylvania, 2006. Edited by Jenelle Porter. Texts by Claudia Gould,
Bennett Simpson, Joseph Strau.
Verhagen, Marcus (interview with Albert Oehlen), ?Blank Canvas: Good to be Bad,? ArtReview:
Issue 2, August 2006, pp. 70-75.
Vous ?tes ici (You are here). Auvergne: FRAC (Fonds R?gional d?Art Contemporain d?Auvergne.
Zeitz, Lisa.? Es riecht nach frischer Farbe,? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 30, p.54
2005-2006
Clearwater, Bonnie. ?Albert Oehlen. I Know Whom You Showed Last Summer,? Museum of
Contemporary Art, Miami, FL.
2005
?Albert Oehlen,? Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG Zurich, 2005 (exhibition catalogue).
?Albert Oehlen: I Know Whom You Showed Last Summer,? Miami Art Guide, December
2005/January 2006.
Banks, Eric. ?Albert Oehlen,? ARTFORUM. September 2005, p.124.
The Blake Byrne Collection. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2005.
Camhi, Leslie. ?People Are Talking About,? Vogue, December 2005.
Caruso, Iyna Bort. ?Shaking it up in Miami,? Americanstyle, December 2005, pp. 35-38, 40.
?From Pigs to Pixels,? ARTES, November 2004-February 2005, No. 6, p. 136.
De Jesus, Carlos Suarez. ?Talkin? Trash Art,? The Miami New Times, November 17, 2005.
Goldstein, Ann. ?Best of 2005,? ARTFORUM, December 2005.
Kaufman, Jason Edward. ?Albert Oehlen: he knows what you did last summer,? The Art
Newspaper, November 30, 2005.
Morgado, Marcia. ?Enlac multiculral en Miami Beach,? Bazaar, December 2005, pp. 128-131.
?Museum of Contemporary Art, ? Miami Herald insert, December 1-4, 2005.
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?Neighbors News: North Miami. Major Exhibition to open at MOCA,? The Miami Herald,
November 10, 2005.
Page, Amy. ?Miami Spice,? Panache Magazine, November/December 2005.
Robertson, Walter. ?Miami Heat,? artnet.com (reviews).
Smith, Robert. ?A Carnival of Art, Money, Surf and Sand,? The Arts, The New York Times,
December 3, 2005, first arts page, 26.
The Triumph of Painting. London: Jonathan Cape with Saatchi Gallery, 2005. pp. 182-191.
2005-2004
?Albert Oehlen Jonathan Meese Spezialbilder?, Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, Kohln,
(exhibition catalogue).
?Albert Oehlen,? ARTFORUM, December 2004, pp. 174-175
?Albert Oehlen. Peintures/Malerei 1980-2004,? Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne,
2004 (exhibition catalogue)
?Art Basel Miami Beach 2-5, 2004?, pp. 224-225
Adorjan, Johanna. ?We Are a Reproach to Art History,? Frankurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung,
October 2004, No. 43, p. 25
Banks, Eric. ?Albert Oehlen,? ARTFORUM, May 2004, p. 109.
Coates, Jennifer. ?Albert Oehlen,? TIME OUT NEW YORK, June 17-24, 2004, p. 68 (exhibition
review)
Dannatt, Adrian. ?Benedikt Taschen Reveals his Contemporary Art, THE ART NEWPAPER, No.
151, October 2004, p.32
?Ice Hot. Recent Painting from the Scharpff Collection,? Hamburg Kunstalle Staatsgalerie
Stuttgard, Hatje Cantz, 2004, pp. 8, 72-78 (exhibition catalogue)
JA ?Albert Oehlen. Luhring Augustine,? ARTFORUM, September 2004, p.265 (exhibition review)
Licht, Alan. ?Art School of Rock. The Rise of the Art Band,? MODERN PAINTERS, December
2004/January 2005, pp. 94-97
Maine, Stephen. ?Albert Oehlen at Luhring Augustine and Nolan/Eckman,? ART IN AMERICA,
December 2004, p. 142 (exhibition review)
Naves, Mario. ?The Dead Art of Painting - Rejected Embraced to the End,? THE NEW YORK
OBSERVER, June 7, 2004, p. 18 (exhibition review)
?Secession. Albert Oehlen,? Secession der Kunster, 2004 (exhibition catalogue)
Smith, Roberta. ?Albert Oehlen,? THE NEW YORK TIME, Art in Review section, Friday June, 4,
2004, p. E31 (exhibition review)
Stoun, Fabrice. ?Albert Oehlen musee Cantonal des beaux-Arts, Laussanne, Switzerland,?
FRIEZE, p.124, November-December 2004, Issue 87 (exhibition review)
Vincent, Steven. ?Albert Oehlen,? ARTREVIEWS, July/August 2004, p. 95 (exhibition review)
Walker, Hamza. ?The Best of 2004. 13 Critics and Curators Look at the Year in Art.
?Zesty Art Fairs in Paris and Cologne,? ART IN AMERICA, December 2004, p. 35, 37
2003
?Albert Oehlen Talks to Jorg Heiser and Jan Verwoert,? FRIEZE, October 2003, pp. 106-111
Banks, Eric. ??80s Then. Albert Oehlen talks to Eric Banks,? ARTFORUM, April 2003, pp. 182-183
Birnbaum, Daniel. ?Ripening on the Rhine; The Cologne Art World of the ?80s,? ARTFORUM
International, March 2003, pp. 217-221.
Herbert, Martin. ?Biennale d?Art Contemporain de Lyon. Various Venues,? ARTFORUM,
December 2003, p. 138-139
Moreno, Gean. ?God Bless The Red Krayola And All That Sail With It,? CONTEMPORARY No.
57, 2003, pp.48-49
?Outlook. International Art Exhibition Athens 2003. Cultural Olympiad,? Published by Hellenic
Culture Organization S.A., pp. 250-253 (exhibition catalogue)
?Painting Pictures. Painting and Media in the Digital Age,? Kunst Museum, p. 66, 101, 189
(exhibition catalogue)
?The Mourning After,? ARTFORUM International, March 2003, pp.206-211.
2002
?Albert Oehlen?, Musee D?Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strsbourg, published by Les Musees
de Strasbourg/Paris Musees (exhibition catalogue)
?Albert Oehlen Gemalde Paintings 1980-1982?, Galerie Max Hetzler, Holzwarth Publications
(exhibition catalogue)
?Drawn from a Family. Contemporary Works on Paper?, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville,
Maine (exhibition catalogue)
Giuliano, Charles. Exhibition review, NYARTS, Chelsea Highlights, February 2002, p.87
Glueck, Grace. ?Albert Oehlen ?Self-Portraits??, The New York Times, show review at Skarstedt
Fine Art, Friday January 25 2002, Fine Arts & Leisure section, p. E43
Grosenick, Uta. Riemschneider, Burkhard. ?Art Now. 137 Artists at the Rise of the New
Millennium," Tachen, pp. 352-355
?New Writing in German?, Chicago Review, Summer 2002 (painting on cover)
?Self Portraits Albert Oehlen?, interview by Rainald Goetz, printed by Oddi Printers, Iceland
(exhibition catalogue, Skarstedt Fine Art), in collaboration with Luhring Augustine
Stange, Raimar. ?One of You Among You With You,? Modern Painters, Winter 2002, pp. 66-69
Smith, Roberta. ?Franck Stella Pops Up All Over. His First Big Show in Chelsea Is Bright, Bulky
and Obstreperous?, The New York Times, The Arts section, pp. E1, E3, Tuesday January 8
2002
The Broad Art Foundation catalogue
Williams, Gregory. ?Albert Oehlen. Luhring Augustine / Skarstedt Fine Art?, show review,
Artforum, April 2002, No. 8, p.137
2001
ABBILD, Recent Portraiture and Depiction, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, Austria, exhibition catalogue,
illustration
?Dahinter Steckt Immer Ein Kluger Schaedel?, Texte Zur Kunst, June 2001, pp178-181
Grosenick, Uta. ?Art Now?, Icons series, Tachen, 2001, pg. 112,113
?If you could have any five artworks for your home, what would you choose? You have five
minutes...,? Frieze, November-December 2001, Tenth Anniversary Issue, pp. 65-80
?Im Schatten von Bocklin?, Frame, Art Basel Special edition, p. 7
Oehlen Albert, Free Logo, Exhibition catalogue for ?Checkers? published by Galerie Baerbel
Graesslin, Frankfurt
Prince, Mark, ?Albert Oehlen at Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover,? Frieze, June-August 2001,
pp.108
Tach, Stephanie, ?Dahinter Steckt Immer Ein Kluger Schadel,? Texte Zur Kunst, June 2001 pp.
178-181
The New York Art World.com, December, show listing, illustration, pp. 6-8
?Vancouver Collects?, Vancouver Art Gallery, p. 114 (illustration)
2000
?Albert Oehlen, Luckenwalde,? Berlin: Holzwarth Publications
?Albert Oehlen, Terminal Erfrischung,? Berlin: Holzwarth Publications
Corral, Maria (Director).? Catalogo de la Collecion de Arte Contemporaneo Fundacion ?la Caixa?,?Barcelona:
Fundacion ?la Caixa?, 2000
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1999
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?My Name: Sammlung Falckenberg?, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, exhibition catalogue,
published by Oktagon
Protzman, Ferdinand, ?The Big Pixel: Keystroke Meets Brushstroke in Numark?s ?Digital Sites??,
The Washington Post, Thursday May 13
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1998
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Leipzig, Kunstverein Munchen. Text: Annele Pohle, Jan Winkelmann, Dirk Snauwaert,
Isabelle Graw, Bonn.
Oehlen, Albert; Goetz, Rainald, ?Selbstportrat Mit Leeren Handen?, Fama & Fortune Bulletin, P&S
Wien, 1998/23
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San Diego, exhibition catalogue
1997
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?Display,? Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall. Texts: Misfeldt, M. Larsen, L.B., Kern K, Cour
Rasmussen, M., Copenhagen, Denmark.
?Deutschlandbilder?, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Text: Roberto Orth, P. 374 ? 378, Berlin
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Autoren.
1996
Smith, Roberta. ?Palettes Full of Ideas About What Painting Should Be?. THE NEW YORK
TIMES, November 1. C27
?Albert Oehlen,? IVAM Centre del Carme, Valecia Texts? Ammann, J.C., Diederichsen, D.,
Goetz, R., Ohrt., Petzel, F, Prinzhorn, M. Valencia.
1995
ALBERT OEHLEN: GEMALDE. Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, February -
April.
Feran, Tim. ?Parallel sensibilities segue into shared exhibition.? COLUMBUS DISPATCH,
February 14.
Hall, Josephine. ?Complex works enigmatic but engaging.? COLUMBUS DISPATCH, Sunday,
February 19.
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1994
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Galleri K, Oslo, (exhibition catalogue).1994
1993
Heyler, Joanne. ?Felix Gonzales-Torres, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Williams.? FLASH ART,
February: 131.
Jones, K. Marriott. ?Albert Oehlen, Luhring Augustine.?, ARTFORUM, April: 93.
ZEITSPRUNGE, Collection of Rudolf & Ute Scharpff exhibition, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum,
exhibition catalogue, January-February.
1992
?Dirty Data: The Collection of Wilhelm Schurmann?, Ludwig Forum fur internationale Kunst,
Aachen, exhibition catalogue.
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York, distributed by Harry S. Abrams, Inc., New York
1991
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1990
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Graw, Isabelle. ?Writing in Pictures.? TEXTE ZUR KUNST, Spring.
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?Plakativ.? KOLNER STADT-ANZEIGER, September: 22-3.
Ruge, Kristen. VOGUE, September
?Realidad Abstacta?, exhibition catalog, Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo Santander.
1989
?Albert Oehlen-Tannhauser.? KUNSTFORUM, June-July.
Oehlen, Albert and Prinzhorn, Martin. ?Auschwitz-Lies-Lies. SPAZIO UMANO, March. Smith,
Roberta. ?Art that doesn?t care too much about its looks.? THE NEW YORK TIMES, January
22.
Steinberg, Claudia. ?Made in Germany.? PAN, February.
1988
?Albert Oehlen- Tannhauser.? ARTSCRIBE, January-February.
?Albert Oehlen.? KOLNER STADTANZEIGER, April 5.
Bataillon, Francoise. ?Broken Neon.? ARTPRESS, May.
Ellis, Stephen. ?The Boys in the Bande.? ART IN AMERICA, December.
Karmel, Pepe. ?Teutonic Titans.? INTERVIEW, December.
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Schwarz, Sophie. ?Albert Oehlen: Killing off painting, but still continuing.? FLASH ART.
Schultz, Heinz. ?Transformation and Return.? KUNSTFORUM, June-July.
1987
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March-April.
Oehlen, Albert. ?A Poem by Albert Oehlen.? SPAZIO UMANO, January.
Koether, Jutta. ?Under the Influence (Analysis of German Art). FLASHART, April.
Koether, Jutta. ?Ground Control...Albert Oehlen?s Carpets.? ARTSCRIBE, May. 1987
1986
?Albert Oehlen: Photomontages.? KUNSTFORUM INTERNATIONAL, June-August 1986
Malsch, Friedemann. ?The Art Business Lives: Thanks to the Existence of Real Art.?
STADTRVUE, March 1986
Koether, Jutta. ?Albert Oehlen at Borgmann-Capitain and at Klein.? ARTSCRIBE, November-
December 1985
Kuspit, Donald. ?Albert Oehlen at Sonnabend.? ART IN AMERICA, September 1986
Taylor, Paul. ?West German Art Today: Neo-Expressionism and After.? ARTNEWS, April 1986
1985
Campitelli, Maria. ?Albert Oehlen.? JULIET, December 1985
Hoenjet, Frank. ?Albert Oehlen.? METROPOLIS M, November-December 1985
Oehlen, Albert. ?You take the blue one and I get a new one.? WOLKENKRATZER ART
JOURNAL, June-August 1985
Oehlen, Albert and Buttner, Werner. ?The Black Lamp.? PARKETT, September-October.
Oehlen, Albert and Buttner, Werner. ?Defending Kiefer against his Devotees.? ARTSCRIBE,
December-January 1985
Oehlen, Albert and Buttner, Werner. ?The Prisons Are Empty!?. SPEX, December. 1985
Schmidt-Wulffen, Stephan. ?Werner Buttner and Albert Oehlen.? FLASH ART, January 1985
1984
Wesseling, Janneke. ?Albert Oehlen.? NRC HANELSBLAD, June 22. 1984
Artist Works
Fibreglass Scroll
2004
oil on canvas
106 1/4 x 86 5/8 inches
John Berggruen Gallery | Artist | Albert Oehlen
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