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Palm Springs The Family Visit, The Niece 2018 © Erwin Olaf Courtesy Galerie Ron Mandos Amsterdam
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Palm Springs American Dream, Self-Portrait with Alex I 2018 © Erwin Olaf Courtesy Galerie Ron Mandos Amsterdam
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Im Wald Porträt III 2020 © Erwin Olaf Courtesy Galerie Ron Mandos Amsterdam
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Im Wald Auf dem See 2020 © Erwin Olaf Courtesy Galerie Ron Mandos Amsterdam
Exhibition
Erwin Olaf. Strange Beauty
14 May 2021 – 26 Sep 2021
Regular hours
- Monday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 20:00
Cost of entry
Standard: € 12
Senior citizens (from 60): € 11
Students, pupils and apprentices (18–30 years) and unemployed: € 6
People with disabilities (50%–90%): € 6
People with disabilities (100%): free of charge
Children (6–18 years): € 2
Children under 6: free of charge
School groups: € 2 per pupil; by appointment only: kontakt@kunsthalle-muc.de
Family Pass: 2 adults and their (grand-)children (
Address
- Theatinerstrasse 8
- Munich
Bavaria - 80333
- Germany
Travel Information
- Nearest S-Bahn stop: Marienplatz, nearest U-Bahn stops: Marienplatz or Odeonsplatz, nearest tram stop: Theatinerstraße
- Munich Central Station
About
Erwin Olaf (*1959) is one of the most renowned contemporary artists in the Netherlands. The Kunsthalle München is now staging the first, large-scale solo exhibition dedicated to his oeuvre in Germany. Selected photographs, short films, sculptures and multimedia installations from a career spanning over forty years trace Olaf’s artistic development from analogue to digital techniques, from the rebellious photojournalist of the 1980s to the sophisticated storyteller of the 2000s.
For his pictures, Olaf creates a world that bears a striking resemblance to ours except that is orchestrated down to the smallest detail, its very artificiality rendering it enigmatic. Although they embrace the aesthetics of the film and advertising industries, the works are only flawlessly graphic on the surface, they raise questions concerning democracy, equal rights and self-determination. Olaf uses clichés and stereotypes to challenge the power of images in our society – sometimes tongue-in-cheek, always appealing, but never trivial …