Archiv Hatje Cantz Verlag | Olaf Breuning

Over The Last Three Years The Swiss Artist Olaf Breuning Has Become Widely Known Through His Participation In Various International Group Exhibitions, Including Missing Link (Kunstmuseum Bern/Kunst Haus Dresden), Hypermental (Kunsthaus Zürich/Kunsthalle Hamburg) And Let’S Entertain (Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis/Centre Pompidou, Paris/Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg). In His Photographs, Videos And Installations – Seen Here For The First Time In A Comprehensive Overview – Olaf Breuning Engages With The Reality Of The Media That Surround Us Day In, Day Out. In Doing So He Draws On A Huge Fund Of Images From Films, Television And Advertising, Video Clips And Computer Games Which He Brings Together In A Hybrid Mix Of Nonchalant Elegance. For Breuning Nothing Is Too Sacred Or Profane To Be Icluded In One Of His Playfully Subtle Combinations: In His Installation Ugly Yelp (2000), For Instance, Breuning Creates An Ensemble From The Accoutrements Of Occultism, New Age Fads And Vampire Films – Combining Disgust, Sweetness And Kitsch, Horror, Levity And Gravity To Create A World Of Unforgettable Images. (German Edition Available, Isbn 3-7757-1104-X) The Photographer: Olaf Breuning, Born 1970 In Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Lives And Works In New York And Zurich.