Baumann, Daniel: Albert Oehlen

This book documents two new bodies of work; a series of large four-part aluminum panel paintings incorporating Oehlen's recurring motif of trees and a series titled Finger Paintings, in which color-blocked advertisements are an extension of the canvas, providing fragmented, ready-made surfaces for Oehlen's visceral markings, made with his hands as well as with brushes, rags, and spray cans. Both series were exhibited at Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, in summer 2014.