Erwin Olaf

Strange Beauty

Roger Diederen, Kunsthalle München, Daniel Hornuff

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English

Hatje Cantz
22 July 2021

Individual photographers

For his photographs and films, the Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf creates a world that has been staged down to its smallest detail. It seems very similar to ours, but its artificiality give it an enigmatic sense. Still, with their visuals borrowed from the film and advertising industries, the works are only flawlessly striking on the surface; in fact, they deal with questions of democracy, equality, or self-determination. Marking Olaf's first comprehensive solo exhibition in Germany, the companion publication deals with essential aspects of Olaf's art and offers an attractive survey of his multifaceted oeuvre from the past forty years. Olaf's most recent works, some of which were created especially for the exhibition at the Kunsthalle Munich, will also be shown.

Text by: Daniel Hornuff
Edited by: Roger Diederen Kunsthalle München
Imprint: Hatje Cantz
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 240mm,
Weight: 1.620kg
ISBN: 9783775749213
ISBN 10: 3775749217
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 22 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

ERWIN OLAF (*1959) studied journalism. He began his career as a photographer for magazines and journals, often with a socio-political background. In addition to commercial work, he produced a comprehensive body of artistic work from the 1980s onward. With his idiosyncratic style, Olaf quickly attracted international attention. His works are shown in exhibitions worldwide.

Reviews for Erwin Olaf: Strange Beauty

Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf brings a commercial photographer's clean, burnished sensibility to richly produced pictures with narrative implications that are never clear-cut. The result: Imagination is unleashed as a viewer is seduced into wanting to know something that's unlikely ever to be fully revealed.--Christopher Knight Los Angeles Times