Mixing paintbrush, flat tints, jets, drippings, and lines of paint to cover the canvas, some motifs emerge of Untitled and create a tree. Albert Oehlen explores his medium of preference, from figurative to abstract, using a variety of tools and innovative techniques to reinvent forms of painting and push their limits, making each painting a unique universe
Crédit artiste : © Adagp, Paris, 2019 Crédit photographique : © Primae / David Bordes
Albert Oehlen graduated from the Academy of Hamburg, where he studied under Sigmar Polke. He explores the pictorial medium through an artistic process in which he unceasingly reinvents the rules for each new series.
He explores the medium—from figurative to abstract—using a variety of tools and innovative techniques to reinvent forms of painting and push their limits, making each painting a unique universe.
