Not on display
- Artist
- Albert Oehlen born 1954
- Medium
- Acrylic paint, ink, photograph on paper, spray paint and oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 1702 x 3102 x 41 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Tate Patrons 2009
- Reference
- T12808
Display caption
Loa incorporates phrases and lyrics from the German techno band Scooter, which Oehlen appropriated in order to evoke atmosphere rather than to offer a specific message. The title derives from the word ‘LOATH’ that appears twice across the top of the painting, in one case obscured by a collaged page from a German black metal magazine. A bar-code and a Spanish text referring to chinaware suggest advertising imagery and product design. Oehlen has referred to his practice as ‘post-non-representational’. Loa is typical of his use of found imagery, collage and text within the frame of painting.
Gallery label, September 2008
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