Hill Art Foundation: The Hill Art Foundation champions artistic dialogue across mediums, styles, and time periods. Who is an artist—especially one you might not be immediately associated with—who inspires your work?
Albert Oehlen: Inspirations came certainly from Dalí. But also from bad painters. What I made of it is another question.
HAF: A Dark Hymn explores the process of collecting. Do you collect? What kind of work are you drawn to?
AO: I wouldn’t call it collect. I buy works by colleagues, friends and idols. Mostly paintings.
HAF: The Hill Art Foundation’s Teen Curators and Educators wrote the wall label text to accompany works in A Dark Hymn. Can you tell us about a learning experience from your childhood or teenage years that has informed your creative practice?
AO: My father was an artist. He made drawings and cartoons. He worked at home.
Hill Art Foundation: The Hill Art Foundation champions artistic dialogue across mediums, styles, and time periods. Who is an artist—especially one you might not be immediately associated with—who inspires your work?
Albert Oehlen: Inspirations came certainly from Dalí. But also from bad painters. What I made of it is another question.
HAF: A Dark Hymn explores the process of collecting. Do you collect? What kind of work are you drawn to?
AO: I wouldn’t call it collect. I buy works by colleagues, friends and idols. Mostly paintings.
HAF: The Hill Art Foundation’s Teen Curators and Educators wrote the wall label text to accompany works in A Dark Hymn. Can you tell us about a learning experience from your childhood or teenage years that has informed your creative practice?
AO: My father was an artist. He made drawings and cartoons. He worked at home.