Markus Oehlen (*1956) is one of Germany's most unmistakable painters. As
an anarchic pictorial inventor, since the 1980s he has revolted against
any visual convention and aesthetic convenience. Due to his integration
of digital techniques and the contemporary reservoir of images, he
creates stunningly hybrid paintings. Collage-like fragments of art
history and popular culture interfere with each other. Abstraction and
figuration swiftly blend into one another. With the utmost freedom,
Oehlen expands the possibilities of today's painting in his both daring
and calculated pictorial experiments.

Text by: Gregor Jansen, Erich Gantzert-Castrillo, Niels Olsen, Matthew Bowman, Elisabeth Bushart, Bärbel Grässlin, Christof Kerber, Christian Malycha, Markus Oehlen