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maggio 11, 2022 - Gagosian Gallery
Gagosian Announces Solo Presentation of Work by Albert Oehlen at Frieze New York
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022—Gagosian is pleased to announce participation in Frieze New York 2022, with a solo presentation of work by #albertoehlen that shines a light on the commercial nature of life in general and art fairs in particular.
The booth will feature a vending machine offering Kafftee/Cofftea, a hybrid coffee/tea beverage developed by Oehlen in collaboration with Aqua Monaco. A limited number of bottles of the unique caffeinated drink (which, according to the artist, "won't let you sleep ever again") will be available to the public free of charge. Kafftee/Cofftea was last distributed in Oehlen's exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, London, in 2019–20, and previously in exhibitions at Lokremise Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland (2019); Aïshti Foundation, Beirut (2018–19); and Palazzo Grassi, Venice (2018–19).
The booth will also feature four paintings from 2014 that reinforce the presentation's commercial theme. These canvases combine a graphic Pop art aesthetic with abstract painterly marks made using hands, rags, and spray cans, as well as with conventional brushes. The connection with Oehlen's Fingermalerei (Finger Painting) series (2008–) is clear; in works from both series, printed matter provides a readymade surface that both supports and facilitates unexpected visual and tonal juxtapositions. Here, collage functions as both a formal and a conceptual apparatus.
Throughout his practice, Oehlen uses abstract, figurative, and collaged elements—often applying self-imposed constraints—to disrupt the histories and conventions of modern painting. While championing self-consciously "bad" painting characterized by crude drawing and jarring coloration, he infuses expressive gesture with surrealist attitude, disparaging the quest for reliable form and stable meaning.Oehlen will be the subject of a solo exhibition at Gagosian Athens opening on June 9, 2022, in which he will premiere a new sculpture and works on paper.
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