Knz and Nz

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ALBERT OEHLEN (B. 1954)
Knz and Nz
signed and dated 'A. Oehlen 84' (lower right of each canvas)
oil, lacquer and mirrors on canvas, in two parts
each canvas: 74 7⁄8 x 63 in. (190.2 x 160 cm.)
overall: 149 5⁄8 x 63 in. (380 x 160 cm.)
Executed in 1984.

Provenance

Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna
Private collection, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, 2005
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005

Literature

Gemeine Wahrheiten. Werner Büttner, exh. cat., Karlsruhe, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, 2013, p. 396 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Museum Folkwang Essen, Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen: Wahrheit ist Arbeit, February-March 1984.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Together, At The Same Time, November 2022-November 2023.

Further details

Please note the orientation of this work is variable and the canvases can be installed vertically or side by side.

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Descriptif du lot

"At the beginning of the 1980s, I did everything I could to avoid formal problems. Of course, that's an illusion, and somehow you always end up with a formal solution. I only used mirrors in paintings where rooms are shown, so that viewers can put themselves in this room. The rooms were chosen for their social significance. There was a museum, an apartment, the Führer's headquarters, and so on: on-site appointments in the paintings." -Albert Oehlen

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