Original sentence: Albert Oehlen graduated at the Hochschule für Bildende Kunst, Hamburg, in 1978.He is represented by Max Hetzler in Berlin and Patrick Painter in Los Angeles.Oehlen has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including Grounswell at the Museum of Modern Art  in New York, Provins – Legende at Museet for Samtidskunst  in Roskilde and Spiegelbilder 1982-1985 at Max Hetzler [ in Berlin.Since the late 1990s Oehlen has played in the bands Red Krayola and Van Oehlen
Edited sentence: Albert Oehlen is a painter who is deeply engaged in determining the fate of painting in the contemporary art world.He graduated at the Hochschule für Bildende Kunst, Hamburg, in 1978.He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including ‘Grounswell’ at the Museum of Modern Art  in New York, ‘Provins – Legende’ at Museet for Samtidskunst  in Roskilde and ‘Spiegelbilder 1982-1985’ at Max Hetzler [ in Berlin.He is represented by Max Hetzler in Berlin and Patrick Painter in Los Angeles amongst many others.His appropriation of the tics of painterly past is done in an irreverent way that breaks through the myth and grandeur that surrounds them, his basic tenet is that painting is ultimately a failure and his fascination with it lies in this innate corruption.In an age where painting has been usurped by digital media and Photoshop, Oehlen’s work registers as something of an anachronism on first glance; however Oehlen is not stuck in the past, he uses the idioms and styles of painting history in order to question the relevance of the medium in its current surroundings.Oehlen’s pictures embody this failure via an investigation into the ways in which painting can represent and inform, concluding that - as a tool of propaganda - painting is not successful.Since the late 1990's Oehlen has played in the conceptual psyche band Red Krayola and Van Oehlen