Oliver Krähenbühl

Oliver
Krähenbühl
Documentation 2015
London:
339 Manhattan Building
Bow Quarter
60 Fairfield Road
London E3 2UQ
www.oliver-kraehenbuehl.ch
©Oliver Krähenbühl 2015
Switzerland:
Anna-Heerstrasse 5
CH-5034 Suhr
About my Work
All of my paintings depart from pre-existing images. Nowadays,
digital sources have become the almost exclusive provider for these
visual materials. „Long-established antitheses like public vs. private, producer vs. recipient, or professional vs. amateur are increasingly dissolving, because under the terms of the digital economy,
they are literally ballanced.“ (cit. Ernst Rebell, Druckgrafik, Reclam 2009).
Mobile photo-sharing platforms are ranked as high as professional
photographs, historical masterpieces appear on the same level as
Facebook snaps do. This unceasing stream of visual information
mirrors ourselves, as it constitutes our notions about our environment and our identities.
The images appear in a staccato, and before any single picture
could leave a deeper impact on us, there is already the next image
superimposing. What remains are fragments of impressions, disrupted by burned-out voids, forming white spots on the map that
we take for the world.
While I develop my paintings, I proceed in a way quite similar
to that of a sculptor who is constantly removing and adding bits
of plaster or clay, and removing them again. Applying paint and
washing paint off the canvas are the core elements informing the
working process.
„A philosopher, or rather an existentialist (given that the phenomenon considered has its origins in life, and not in thought),
might perceive the painting‘s bright parts as the eventually unutterable which comprises an abundance of possible voices. Hence
the bright parts would indicate an act of deconstruction, taking
place inbetween and besides of what actually can be constructed.
(...)“ (cit. Gérard Piniel, in an e-mail sent to Oliver Krähenbühl)
Oliver Krähenbühl october 2014
translation: Bettina Carl, Zurich
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 179 x 139cm, 2015
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 70 x 100 cm, 2014
right: Untitled, Oil on cotton, 172 x 125cm, 2015
Exhibition view: more than a whisper, Gallery Graf & Schelble,Basel, 2015
Untitled #2, Oil on cotton, 70 x 50 cm, 2015
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 130 x 95 cm, 2014
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 50 x 70 cm, 2015
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 50 x 70 cm, 2015
Exhibition view: more than a whisper, Gallery Graf & Schelble, 2015
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 179 x 138 cm, 2015
Untitled, Öl auf Sperrholz, 40 x 30 cm, 2008
Untitled, Öl auf Sperrholz, 40 x 30 cm, 2009
Untitled #2, Öl auf Sperrholz, 40 x 30 cm, 2014
left: Untitled, Oil on cotton, 180 x 125 cm, 2014
FLAG
Installation sketch: FLAG, art room R57, Zurich 2014
three images: Oil on cotton, 90 x 130 cm, 2014
Video: Assembled excerpts on YouTube found Mobile Videos of Mexico City Flag Raising
Ceremony, Loop 3:15 min, 2014 presented on a 5 x 7 cm display on a white pedestal.
Flag holder, wood, fabrics
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 130 x 90 cm, 2014
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 90 x 130 cm, 2014
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 130 x 90 cm, 2014
november lights
Installation: november lights, WerkstattGallery, Aarau, 2014
various materials
Exhibition view: NICHT NICHTS, Trudelhaus, Baden, 2014 (sculpture: Patrick Harter)
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 50 x 70 cm, 2014
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 90 x 130 cm, 2013
Untitled, Oil on cotton, 90 x 130 cm, 2013
Oliver Krähenbühl
1963 born in Basel, Switzerland, lives and works in Aarau/Suhr, Switzerland
1984 – 1986 he studied at the F+F School of Art and Media Design, Zurich.
artist in residence: Berlin (92), Paris (95), New York (02), London (15)
study trip: Peru (05), Tokyo (07), Thailand & Burma (12)
Various works in public and private collections.
Residencies/Awards
2014 Artist in residence for 6 months in London awarded by
the Aargauer Kuratorium, Switzerland
2011 Bursary award of the Aargauer Kuratorium, Switzerland
2000 „Maler Dünner“ award for the arts, Winterthur
1995 Bursary award of the „Kanton Zurich“
1995 supplemental grant awarded by the „Gleyre-Stiftung“, EDI, Switzerland
1994 Artist in residence for 6 months in Paris awarded by
the „Kanton Zurich“, Switzerland
Monographies and exhibition catalogues (selected)
2014 „more than a whisper“, Text: Gérard Piniel , Oliver Krähenbühl
2013 „Dazzled by bright lights“, Text: Gérard Piniel , Oliver Krähenbühl
2010 „Boogie Woogie – NY, NY“, with essays by: Christoph Keller, Gabriele Lutz
2008 „Because her Beauty is Raw and Wild“, Text by Irene Müller, Nieves Verlag
2000 Oliver Krähenbühl „ Palimpsestic Images“, Galerie Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich
1999 „Oliver Krähenbühl painting and drawing / 1994-1998“,
with essays by: Tina Grütter, Martin Kraft, Jan Groh. Benteli Verlag, Bern
Artist‘s Books
2009 „Daily News“, 14 offset lithographs by Oliver Krähenbühl with text by
Christoph Keller. Schwarzhandpresse
2003 „A Few Familiar Things“, story by Christoph Keller, D/E and
12 drawings by Oliver Krähenbühl. Remise Verlag, Winterthur
1996 „Boten von Boten“, with a poem by Jan Groh and 6 etching prints by
Oliver Krähenbühl, Remise Verlag, Winterthur
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2015 „more than a whisper“, Gallery Graf & Schelble, Basel
2014 „NICHT NICHTS“ Trudelhaus, Baden with Patrick Harter
2014 „November lights“, Werkstattgalerie Jules Gloor, Aarau
2014 „FLAG“, artspace R57, Zurich
2012 „Dazzled by bright lights“ Gallery Graf & Schelble, Basel
2011 „painting“ Kunsthaus Zofingen
2010 „overexposed areas“, sam scherrer contemporary, Zurich (catalogue)
2009 “Aus dem Stakkato der News“, Town Hall Aarau
2008 „Because her Beauty is Raw and wild“, art space oxyd, Winterthur (catalogue)
2007 „Something Caught My Eye“ Gallery Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich
2005 „Sedimente der Gegenwart“ Gallery Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich
2005 „Space and Between“ Gallery Axel Raben, New York
2004 „Space and Structure“ Gallery Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich with Robert Davies
2002 „Back from New York“ Gallery Graf & Schelble, Basel
2001 „Palimpsestic Images“ Gallery Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich
1999 „Oliver Krähenbühl - Paintings and Drawings 1994 - 98“,
Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen (catalogue)
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2014 „Ferdinand Arnold, Oliver Krähenbühl, Kotscha Reist“,
Gallery Rosenberg, Zurich
2013 „Re: gegen Weiss”, Remise Lagerstr. 98 / 99, Zurich
2013 „Twilight Zone“ , Kunstverein Tiergarten; Gallery Nord, Berlin
2012 „AUSWAHL 12“, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (catalogue)
2011 „AUSWAHL 11“, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (catalogue)
2010 „Boogie-Woogie – NY, New York“, art space oxyd, Winterthur
2009 „AUSWAHL 09“, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (catalogue)
2008 „Gegen Weiss, Teil 2“ White Space, Zurich
2008 „Reise nach Bonn“, Gallery Michael Schneider, Bonn (D)
2006 „Grosse Kunstausstellung“ Kunsthalle Halle (D)
2006 „Urban Rhythm“, Gallery Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich
www.oliver-kraehenbuehl.ch
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