OSKAR-VON-MILLER STRASSE 16, an art space founded 2000 in Frankfurt M. by Michael Riedel and Dennis Loesch, became renowned as a gigantic replication device. With the call of ‚RECORD – LABEL – PLAY BACK,’ a group of young artists reiterated the language of a city’s cultural offerings— often without a full understanding of what they were reciting, but always with an acute aesthetic interest in the faults of transmission and transference.
The publication 'Oskar- a novel' itself is a product of such practices. Scores of audio and visual materials, partly in the form of transcripts from two Conferences of Anecdotes, chronicle the group’s eleven years of Trojan activities: a natural force uncontrived amidst the staging of innumerable cultural endeavors.
 
Download the artist's books as a PDF file: OSKAR (2003)
 and OSKAR–A NOVEL (2014)

 
 

Michael Riedel and Dennis Loesch
The Events (Oskar-von-Miller Strasse 16), 1999-2010
66 framed poster prints
   

Michael Riedel: Laws of Form
Installation view
David Zwirner, London
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Oskar, Druckbogen, Postkarte), 2003
Offset print
Framed: 21 5/8 x 16 x 1 3/8 inches, 55 x 40.5 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Oskar, Druckbogen), 2003
Offset print
Framed: 16 x 21 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches, 40.5 x 54 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: vo), 2003
Offset print
Framed: 16 x 21 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches, 40.5 x 54 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Str.6), 2003
Offset print
Framed: 43 x 31 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, 109 x 80 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Mods), 2001
Xerox on silver paper
Framed: 50 7/8 x 37 x 1 3/8 inches, 129 x 94 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Supermod image), 2001
Xerox on silver paper
Framed: 51 5/8 x 37 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 131 x 95.5 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Mods Cover Transparent), 2000

Xerox paper, tracing paper, and ink

Framed: 15 3/8 x 20 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 39 x 51 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: OvM 30.2.04), 2004
Offset print on packing paper
Framed: 28 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 73 x 55 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: False Portikus), 2004

Silkscreen and ink on cardboard

Framed: 42 3/4 x 31 x 1 3/4 inches, 108.6 x 78.6 x 4.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Frieze Art Fair), 2004
Offset print
    Framed: 13 3/8 x 29 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 34 x 74 x 3.5 cm


XXX
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Jimi Isermann), 2000
Offset print and graphite on paper
Framed: 45 1/4 x 29 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 115 x 74 x 3.5 cm
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Iserman), 2000
Offset print on xerox paper
Framed: 7 6/8 x 11 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 19.5 x 30 x 3.5 cm
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Gert & Georg), 2002
Offset print
Framed: 38 2/8 x 28 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 97 x 72 x 3.5 cm
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Portikus, Gilbert & George), 2002
Silkscreen on paper
Framed: 65 x 34 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches, 165 x 87 x 3.5 cm
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Gilbert u. George), 2002
Silkscreen on paper
Framed: 38 5/8 x 32 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, 98 x 82.5 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: George Party), 2002
Silkscreen on paper
Framed: 38 2/8 x 28 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 97 x 72 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Portikus, Gilbert & George), 2002
Silkscreen on paper
Framed: 18 7/8 x 14 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 48 x 37 x 3.5 cm

   

XXX
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Plakat Berlin), 2007

Offset print, and postcard

Framed: 27 x 24 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 68.5 x 62.5 x 3.5 cm



   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Weydinger Str. 20), 2007
Offset print
Framed: 50 7/8 x 37 x 1 3/8 inches, 129 x 94 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Legendary Orgasm), 2000
Xerox paper
Framed: 15 3/8 x 38 2/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 39 x 97 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Legendary Orgasm), 2000
Xerox paper
Framed: 15 2/8 x 37 x 1 3/8 inches, 38.5 x 94 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Lyric Lights), 1999
Silkscreen on paper
Framed: 43 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 109 x 79 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Oskar, Programm), 2002
Xerox paper
Framed: 13 3/8 x 13 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 34 x 34 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Stuckrad Barre), 2000
Silkscreen on green paper
Framed: 29 3/8 x 23 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 74.5 x 58.8 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Stuckrad-Barre SW), 2000
Xerox paper
Framed: 20 1/8 x 27 2/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 51 x 69 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Blackbox), 2000
Xerox paper
Framed: 11 1/2 x 14 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 29 x 37.8 x 3.5 cm


    


Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Stuckrad-Barre, Blackbox), 2000

Graphite on collage

Framed: 44 1/2 x 31 6/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 113 x 80.5 x 3.5 cm



   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works : Merz Lengerer Riedel), 2001
Xerox paper
Framed: 9 3/8 x 21 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches, 23.8 x 54 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Oppenheimer (Wirks) Kopie), 2000
Silkscreen on paper
Framed: 37 5/8 x 29 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 95.5 x 74 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Oppenheimer, Cocktails), 2000
Ink, tracing paper, and offset print
Framed: 16 5/8 x 22 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 42 x 56 x 3.5 cm


   

XXX
   

XXX
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Ina Grumller), 2001
Xerox paper
Framed: 20 1/8 x 15 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 51 x 39 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Oskar, Clubs), 2001
Xerox paper
Framed: 15 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches, 39.5 x 28.5 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Rikrit Tiravanija), 2001
Silkscreen on paper
Framed: 38 2/8 x 28 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches, 97 x 71.8 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Costner), 2001
Xerox paper, and offset print
Framed: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Geld u. Service), 2001
Offset print
Framed: 11 5/8 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches, 29.5 x 38.7 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Freihait), 2001
Offset print
Framed: 15 1/4 x 11 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 38.5 x 29.5 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Stadt als Beute 2), 2001
Offset print and sticker
Framed: 30 7/8 x 36 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, 78.5 x 92.5 x 3.5 cm

   



Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Art 32, Basel), 2001
Xerox on offset print

Framed: 27 x 37 2/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 68.5 x 94.5 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: 7 Porträts, Aufkleber), 2001
Xerox paper, and sticker
Framed: 11 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, 29 x 85 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Frau, Aufkleber, Mund), 2002
Silkscreen on paper, and sticker
Framed: 101 2/8 x 39 x 1 3/8 inches, 257 x 99 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Telefonbuch), 2000
Xerox paper
Framed: 15 5/8 x 20 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches, 39.5 x 51 x 4.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Secession), 2001
Xerox paper
Framed: 15 1/4 x 11 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 38.7 x 30 x 3.5 cm


   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Guy Debord, Kids are allright), 2000
Xerox paper
Framed: 32 1/8 x 27 2/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 81.5 x 69 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Telephone DJs), 2001
Xerox paper
Framed: 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, 60 x 80 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works : Zweiteilig Aufkleber), 2000
Sticker
Framed: 15 1/4 x 20 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 38.7 x 51 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Sechs Teil Aufkleber), 2000
Sticker
Framed: 15 1/4 x 20 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 38.7 x 51 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Open Stage, June 21), 1999
Xerox paper, tracing paper, and ink
Framed: 20 1/8 x 15 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 51 x 39 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Open Stage, Pergament), 1999
Xerox paper, tracing paper, and ink
Framed: 20 1/8 x 15 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 51 x 39 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Open Stage, Nico), 1999
Silkscreen on paper
20 1/8 x 35 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 51 x 91 x 3.5 cm

   

2001/2014

 
WARHOL SHOOTING (INSTALLATION), 2001/2014 – In the form of two so-called Conferences of Anecdotes, the book Oskar replays the repeated story of Oskar-von-Miller Strasse 16 (2000 to 2001). A replica of the rooms of Warhol’s second Factory (as pictured in Cecil Beaton’s photo ‘Andy Warhol and the Members of the Factory’ taken in 1969) serves as a display for the book and had already provided the setting for a re-enacted group shot in 2001. Forming part of the installation is a camera, positioned to imitate almost identically Cecil Beaton’s perspective when the original shot was taken, that automatically takes pictures of exhibition visitors as they read from the book.
 
 

Warhol Shooting (Installation), 2001-2014
MDF and silver foil table, camera, tripod, sweater, cable, wood
Dimensions variable

   

Michael Riedel: CV
Installation view
Kunsthalle Zürich
   

detail
   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Warhol, Tisch), 2001
Xerox paper
Framed: 19 3/8 x 27 2/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 49 x 69 x 3.5 cm

   

Untitled ("Oskar" Framed works: Warhol, Tisch, Vollbild), 2001
Silkscreen on paper
Framed: 31 1/8 x 31 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches, 79 x 81 x 3.5 cm

   

Michael Riedel 'record, label, play back' (malentendu, ignorance, doubles flous)
Installation view
Michel Rein, Paris

The camera takes photos at regular intervals:

 

Michael Riedel 'record, label, play back' (malentendu, ignorance, doubles flous)
Installation view
Michel Rein, Paris
   

Michael Riedel: Laws of Form
Installation view
David Zwirner, London
   

OSKAR–A NOVEL (2014)
Artist Book Oskar-von-Miller Strasse 16
David Zwirner Books
engl., 492 pages


Download the artist's book as a PDF file: OSKAR–A NOVEL (2014)