Albert Oehlen (German, b. 1954), 'Truth Lies at Home,' 1984. Oil and mirror on canvas. On loan from the collection of Heliod Spiekermann. (Photo courtesy of Heliod Spiekermann)
Harvard University Art Museums is currently showing "German Art of the 1980s from the Heliod Spiekermann Collection" through Dec 3 at the Busch-Reisinger. Harvard's Gazette cites that "This exhibition of generous loans presents five major paintings and sculptures by Georg Baselitz, Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen, and Rosemarie Trockel. The focus is strongly on the individual works, although these artists also stand for important tendencies of the 1980s." Furthermore, it is a revival of the "neo-Dadaist skepticism about art, style, and ideology; and Trockel for the emergence of a rigorously intelligent art prompted by feminist concerns. The exhibition was organized by Peter Nisbet, Daimler-Benz Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum."
