Olav Westphalen

b. 1963

Biography

Olav Westphalen is an artist whose conceptual works frequently take the form of games, entertainment or cartoons, aiming to expose the cultural blind spots of his own tribe. He plays both sides of the HI-LO divide, producing mass-media comedy and cartoons while showing in museums and galleries such as The Whitney Museum, ICA London, The Swiss Institute NY, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Museum Fridericianum. His work is collected among others by the Dallas Museum, Centre Pompidou, Moderna Museet, MoMA, New York.

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Olav Westphalen

b. 1963

Olav Westphalen

Biography

Olav Westphalen is an artist whose conceptual works frequently take the form of games, entertainment or cartoons, aiming to expose the cultural blind spots of his own tribe. He plays both sides of the HI-LO divide, producing mass-media comedy and cartoons while showing in museums and galleries such as The Whitney Museum, ICA London, The Swiss Institute NY, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Museum Fridericianum. His work is collected among others by the Dallas Museum, Centre Pompidou, Moderna Museet, MoMA, New York.

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