“With the exhibition Albert Oehlen—Terminal Refreshment, the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hanover is presenting at the beginning of the new century one of the most important contemporary artists.

In the visual worlds of Oehlen, the visual worlds of our time explode. A scurrilous kaleidoscope comes into being. The most diverse levels of reality penetrate each other, flanked by imperative messages such as ‘Dig deeper, my beauties, you’ll find something’, ‘In the land of motifs no more light burns’ or ‘Abstract painting must die’.” — From the press release of the Kestner Gesellschaft

The catalogue Terminal Refreshment is a congenial supplement to the exhibition and to the artist’s book Summary of Contents. In three volumes (brochures) fixed into a folding case, the viewer surfs through Oehlen’s kaleidoscopic visual worlds and proceeds upon an individually selected path, just as in the exhibition. The case is the size of a CD. With complete biography and bibliography.

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In collaboration with the Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover