Olaf Breuning: Groups

Olaf Breuning is a prominent international artist who resides in New York and works in the fields of photography, sculpture, drawing, and video. His work addresses cultural and social stereotypes in a way that is blunt yet misleading in its seriousness. "Groups," Olaf Bruining's extensive solo exhibition at the Haifa Museum of Art included staged photographs from the last decade showing groups in different situations and apparel. In addition his trilogy of movies, "Home" will be screened. "Home" describes in a caricature-like way the journey of an enthusiastic tourist, portrayed by the actor Brian Kerstetter, while he encounters different cultures around the world. His eccentric personality and his great excitement regarding the local traditions that are self evident expose the artificial nature of their cultural portrayal.