Philippe Dagen, writing in Le Monde about Oehlen's 2011 exhibition in Nîmes, concluded that he was "of only limited importance. With about 30 canvases he reveals his system with absolute, but unfortunately appalling, clarity."
He studied under the director, actor, and screenwriter Burkhard Driest and the German artist Albert Oehlen.
Albert Einstein | Royal Albert Hall | Victoria and Albert Museum | Albert Camus | Prince Albert | Albert Park | Albert Speer | Albert Schweitzer | Albert, Prince Consort | Albert Campion | Albert | Albert Park, Victoria | Albert II, Prince of Monaco | Albert Bierstadt | Albert Finney | Johann Albert Fabricius | Albert R. Broccoli | Albert Lee | Eddie Albert | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Albert Bandura | Albert Watson (photographer) | Albert Watson | Albert King | Albert II of Belgium | Albert Brooks | Albert I of Belgium | Albert Gleizes | Mount Albert | Albert, Somme |
His paintings and works on paper, which are abstract and full of diamond-shaped patterns, reflect an ongoing interest in the techniques of Bad Painting in the style of Martin Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen.
Werner Büttner, Fischli & Weiss, Günther Förg, Isa Genzken, Asta Gröting, Georg Herold, Mike Kelley, Hubert Kiecol, Martin Kippenberger, Michael Krebber, Meuser, Reinhard Mucha, Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Franz West, Christopher Williams, Heimo Zobernig,