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German painter Albert Oehlen\u2019s continuously morphing style has been associated with \u2018bad painting\u2019 and a sense of being \u201con the way to becoming something else,\u201d two qualities which linked him in his mind to another celebrated and influential artist, Paul McCarthy who he has invited to show with him now at Gagosian Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 Oehlen\u2019s new work features a recurring abstracted form resembling a corporate logo, a modified pi symbol or, in proximity to the figurative sculpture by McCarthy, a squat torso with two long legs. \u00a0Seen in various color combinations and even as a cast aluminum sculpture, the form merges with or boldly erupts from fields of gestural abstraction.\u00a0 Here, the ambiguous shape appears defaced by paint, a suggestion that the medium still has power to shake things up.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through April 22nd<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Albert Oehlen, Omega Man 15, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German painter Albert Oehlen\u2019s continuously morphing style has been associated with \u2018bad painting\u2019 and a sense of being \u201con the way to becoming something else,\u201d two qualities which linked him in his mind to another celebrated and influential artist, Paul McCarthy who he has invited to show with him now at Gagosian Gallery.\u00a0 Oehlen\u2019s new … <\/p>\n

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