Albert oehlen (Taschen GmbH)

The paintings of Albert Oehlen (born 1954) live aby audacious strategies, the subversion of his own rules, and by the painterly beauty of their abstract, open forms. This new, revelatory, and self-curated survey concentrates on Oehlen s paintings from the past 30 years. Well-known works are presented together with seldom-seen pieces to survey Oehlen s practice and his themes. In two lengthy conversations with John Corbett and Alexander Klar, Oehlen talks us through his career and ponders the challenge of facing the empty canvas anew each morning. Excerpts from contemporary texts are joined by key writings by critics and curators over the span of the artist s career to provide a historical perspective to his oeuvre.