Easter Nudes, 1996
Information about the artwork
- MaterialOil and acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions191 x 271 cm
- Year of acquisition2013
- Inventory numberUAB 855
- On viewOn view
- Copyright© Albert Oehlen. VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn [2025]. Photo: Haydar Koyupinar, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Museum Brandhorst, Munich
More about the artwork
Albert Oehlen, who studied under Sigmar Polke at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg from 1978 to 1981, is one of those artists who integrated new technologies into painting at an early stage. The starting point for his “computer pictures,” including the “Easter Nudes,” lies in digital drawings that he created on his laptop, purchased in 1990, and later transferred to canvas using screen printing. The image structure is divided into several reference systems connected by grids and overlays. These forms and signs are reminiscent of early attempts to visualize the functional logic of computer-based processes, but they refer only to the method of their creation and ultimately remain abstract. Oehlen enriches this rough input with fine, hand-painted overlay. The interaction of brush and pixel, of spray can and screen printing, creates a dense structure that places traditional painterly methods and digital processes in an equal yet tension-filled dialogue.
