Tony Oursler

April 11 - June 1, 2002
540 West 26th Street

Press Release

Lehmann Maupin would like to announce an exhibition of drawings by Tony Oursler. The exhibition includes a large group of drawings in acrylic from the last few years and marks the first time Oursler's drawings will be shown in New York.

Tony Oursler received a BFA from the California Institute for the Arts in 1979. He has since participated in numerous international exhibitions including a mid-career survey, Introjection, which was on view from 1999 to 2001 at the Williams College Museum of Art in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Des Moines Art Center. Primarily known for his innovative combination of video, sculpture, and performance, Oursler's work explores the relationship between the individual and mass media systems with humor, irony, and imagination. The artist's work is represented in a number of major museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Tate Gallery in London.

Drawing has always been an essential part of Oursler's creative process. He describes his drawings as a series of perceptions, scenes, delusions, and diagrams that are a free association of ideas and themes informing his work. A diary of his conceptualization process, Oursler uses drawing as a way of capturing an idea and a means of remembering, associating, or layering thoughts. Some of the themes explored in this group of drawings are the supernatural, methods of mass communication, and the history and development of media technology. Common elements include broadcast patterns and antennae pick-up diagrams as well as studies of projection devices. As a medium, drawing provides Oursler with a natural way of working out ideas and allows for an immediate and personal relationship to the subject.

Artists in this exhibition

• Tony Oursler

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Exhibition Works

Scan, 2001 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4819


Crycrystal, 2001 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4821


Goodjob, 2000 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4822


Friends, Friends, Friends, 2002 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4824


What You Can't See (B/W), 2000 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4826


Ozone, 2001 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4833


Blue Brain, 2000 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4832


Slang, 2000 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4831


Gibbons/Conrad Effect, 2001 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4828


Warm Channel, 2000 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4827


(Sexual), 2001 acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches 76.2 x 55.9 cm LM4830

Installation Stills

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CHRISTIAN HELLMICH Transfer-Domino, 2009 oil on canvas 80.71 x 59.45 inches 205 x 151 cm signed, titled and dated on the reverse LM12592 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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CHRISTIAN HELLMICH Modell I, 2009 oil on canvas 80.31 x 61.02 inches 204 x 155 cm signed, titled and dated on the reverse LM12593 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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CHRISTIAN HELLMICH Mushroom Rock, 2009 oil on canvas 110.63 x 72.44 inches 281 x 184 cm signed, titled and dated on the reverse LM12598 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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CHRISTIAN HELLMICH Enterprise, 2009 oil on canvas 92.13 x 118.5 inches 234 x 301 cm signed, titled and dated on the reverse LM12599 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com


CHRISTIAN HELLMICH CH-210 (Ohne Titel_03/09), 2009 acrylic and graphite on paper 11.81 x 16.54 inches each 30 x 42 cm each signed and dated on the reverse of booth sheets LM12904 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com


CHRISTIAN HELLMICH CH-210 (Ohne Titel_05/09), 2009 acrylic and graphite on paper 11.81 x 16.54 inches each 30 x 42 cm each signed and dated on the reverse of booth sheets LM12906 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com


CHRISTIAN HELLMICH CH_Pap_09_06, 2009 acrylic and graphite on paper 12.2 x 9.06 inches 31 x 23 cm LM13008 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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CHRISTIAN HELLMICH Station, 2008 oil on canvas 110.24 x 160.63 inches 280 x 408 cm signed, titled and dated on the reverse LM3308 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com