Olaf Breuning - Olaf Breuning 4478zine Purim has the reputation of

Purim has the reputation of being a holiday for children

in which images of nudes and animals are interspersed with close-ups of the countless cigars he has smoked in his studio over the years

Created entirely from found images

from aerial reconnaisance and the American dustbowl to Mussolini’s final car journey and the wars in Iraq

impression and introspection

Olaf Breuning - Olaf Breuning 4478zine Purim has the reputation ofOlaf Breuning is known for his impressive pictorial worlds and his ironic views on a reality that is shaped by the media. His photographs, videos, drawings and installations make use of a shared visual language and mix symbols from the world of pop and the media with icons of high culture. Somewhere between humour and a painful seriousness, they make us aware of our consumerism, Western stereotypes and gender clichs and analyse the relationship