I 16 was included in Oehlen’s first overview exhibition including work from the early 1980s to the present date of show 2013, depicting key works from different stages in the painter’s career. Including more than 80 paintings, collages, computer printouts, drawings, and an installation, mumok is showing the most comprehensive presentation of Albert Oehlen’s highly diverse work to date. This exhibition made it possible to consider a confrontational comparison of different groups within Oehlen’s oeuvre, which are all engaged in a permanent “dispute of ideas,” as Oehlen explains.
