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Olaf Breuning

City Hall Park Needs to Rid Itself of New Terrible Sculptures

by Ian Marshall on July 29, 2013
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What is up with those ass-ugly sculptures at City Hall Park? Thanks to the Public Art Fund for bringing us yet another crummy show. Lightness of Being comes on the heels of their well-promoted but ill-received Ugo Rondinone show of figures made from boulders.

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Our Take On “The Cat Show” at White Columns—With Kitty Pics!

by Corinna Kirsch on June 20, 2013
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The Cat Show at White Columns has everything and nothing to do with cats. Everything, because most of the 134 artworks show cats or cat-related ephemera—like litter boxes, scratching posts, or yarn. Nothing, because the themes of many of these works aren’t about cats at all.

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Must-See Art Events: Finales Week

by Whitney Kimball on January 21, 2013
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This week, shows go out with a bang. We’re about to witness Flux Factory’s final Death Match, the Artist’s Institute’s final Haim Steinbach event, and the complete trilogy of Olaf Breuning’s “Home.”

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Olaf Breuning’s Imperfect Vision

by Paddy Johnson on December 28, 2012
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Americans can’t pronounce the last name of Swiss artist Olaf Breuning. That’s not problem, so much as it is an introduction to Breuning, the subject of the latest edition of the Avant/Garde diaries. The artist has a reputation for transforming what might other wise be common situations and objects into the absurd.

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Gallery Goer Asks The Question: What Is This Shit?

by Paddy Johnson on December 20, 2005
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The take home question from Saturday’s art viewing activities was first heard outside the Olaf Breuning show at Metro Pictures. “What is this?” a viewer asked a Metro Picture staff member. “It’s Art!” the man replied. After an awkward pause the director decided to follow this answer up with some further explanation, but you’ve got […]

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