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'''The Quiet Album''' is a 1990 piece by [[Albert Oehlen]], [[Mayo Thompson]], and [[Werner Büttner]] | '''The Quiet Album''' is a 1990 piece by [[Albert Oehlen]], [[Mayo Thompson]], and [[Werner Büttner]]. | ||
The so-called album "comprised a banner showing a black and white reproduction of a photograph of [the group] life-size, singing with their faces pressed against the closed windows of Oehlen’s Porsche Targa parked in the snow in Hamburg. It was a limited edition, came in a white box modeled on The Beatles 'White Album,' and sold out immediately."<ref>Drag City Red Krayola biography, 2004</ref> | The so-called album "comprised a banner showing a black and white reproduction of a photograph of [the group] life-size, singing with their faces pressed against the closed windows of Oehlen’s Porsche Targa parked in the snow in Hamburg. It was a limited edition, came in a white box modeled on The Beatles 'White Album,' and sold out immediately."<ref>Drag City Red Krayola biography, 2004</ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:34, 1 November 2022
The Quiet Album is a 1990 piece by Albert Oehlen, Mayo Thompson, and Werner Büttner.
The so-called album "comprised a banner showing a black and white reproduction of a photograph of [the group] life-size, singing with their faces pressed against the closed windows of Oehlen’s Porsche Targa parked in the snow in Hamburg. It was a limited edition, came in a white box modeled on The Beatles 'White Album,' and sold out immediately."[1]
"Described by Thompson as a picture of the band [...] printed onto parachute silk. There was no album per se."[2]
On October 30, 2021 a banner numbered 14 of 40 auctioned for €2,400.[3]
Image gallery
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Edition and signatures (on the white box?)
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1989 Albert Oehlen print with the same photo
- ↑ Drag City Red Krayola biography, 2004
- ↑ Puncture no. 33, summer 1995
- ↑ https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/114445597_oehlen-albert-porsche-911-targa-f-modell-als