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Albert Oehlen, Tim Berresheim and Matthias Schaufler Leg Show March 3, 2007 – April 14, 2007

Patrick Painter is pleased to present the Leg Show with , Tim Berresheim and Matthias Schaufler, from March 3rd to April 14th, in the West Gallery.

This exhibition, curated by Albert Oehlen, introduces new work by himself as well as the German artists Tim Berresheim and Matthias Schaufler. Far from being a pedestrian exhibition without a leg to stand on, Leg Show presents a variety of and collages by a cross-generation of artists irreverently employing traditional media. The idea of a leg-based exhibition has its origins in Oehlen‘s large-scale, silver diptych rooted in Warhol’s Silver Elvis series (1963). In this picture an intense, double Elvis gunslinger faces us, with legs spread apart, from a silver background; on the second adjoining panel a large complex and colorful abstraction deploys itself majestically in an explosion of various patterns and brushstrokes. Joining Albert Oehlen’s two paintings are additional works by his friends Matthias Schaufler and Tim Berrensheim. Schauffler has contributed two delicate paintings devoted to the study of dance, swimming or bodies in perfprmance. Berrensheim introduces a two-panel with legs disembodied from a pair of denim trousers in contrast to Elvis’ sartorial cowboy elegance. Finally, Berrensheim seems to pull the viewer’s leg by presenting a non-leggy collage of floating wigs hovering over an empty felt- bucket.

This is the first time Schaufler and Berrensheim are presenting their work at Patrick Painter, Inc. while for Albert Oehlen this will be the fifth time his work has been exhibited at the gallery.

- Albert Oehlen was born in Krefeld, , in 1954. His works have been shown internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions, most recently I Will Always Champion Good Painting, at the Whitechapel Gallery, (2006). - Tim Berresnheim was born in 1975 in Heinsberg, Germany and studied under Albert Oehlen at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in Germany together with Jonathan Meese and Michael Bauer. -Matthias Schaufler was born in 1964 in Laichingen, Germany. He has studied at the Städelschule Frankfurt under . His work has been exhibited widely in Europe.

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