Cows by the Water - Albert Oehlen

It featured a selection of nearly 85 works produced between the 1980s and today, some of which are not well known to the public. They were from the Pinault Collection as well as major private collections and international museums. "Cows by the Water" mixed genres and periods in a syncopated rhythm and an unusual hanging to highlight the key role music plays in Albert Oehlen's work. Like the free jazz he loves so much, his work was revealed as being based on improvisation, repetition, density, harmony, sounds and pictorial gestures.  

The exhibition fit in with a series of solo shows on major contemporary artists with whom the Pinault Collection has always had a close relationship. It began in 2012 with Urs Fischer, followed by Rudolf Stingel, Irving Penn, Martial Raysse and Sigmar Polke.