After that, he began working within self-imposed parameters that were often described as absurd. He would only use gray tones in his grey paintings and restricted himself to blue, yellow or red during another of his series which he called 'bad' paintings. During this time he created his 'Adolf Hitler' portrait which earned him some fame.
« If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not so good,
but 'mess' might be right. »
Albert Oehlen
By the 90's, Albert Oehlen's work appeared as lines and smears of paint he sprayed and brushed over collage images. These images were transferred onto a canvas with large inkjet printers used in creating billboards. In more r
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After that, he began working within self-imposed parameters that were often described as absurd. He would only use gray tones in his grey paintings and restricted himself to blue, yellow or red during another of his series which he called 'bad' paintings. During this time he created his 'Adolf Hitler' portrait which earned him some fame.
« If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not so good,
but 'mess' might be right. »
Albert Oehlen
By the 90's, Albert Oehlen's work appeared as lines and smears of paint he sprayed and brushed over collage images. These images were transferred onto a canvas with large inkjet printers used in creating billboards. In more recent work, Finger Paintings his deep feelings come out in his work with the use of his hands as well as brushes, spray cans, and rags.
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