Olaf Nicolai
Works
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me
2023
Digital print on laminated glass mirror, oiled steel, rubber
186 x 230 x 100 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me #2
2023
from the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
61 x 51 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me #6
2023
from the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
61 x 51 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me #7
2023
from the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
61 x 51 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me (diptych I)
2023
from the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
each 61 x 51 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me, Solo
2023
From the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
66 x 51 cm
Olaf Nicolai
(!? x : ..? X!
2019
Neon glass, electronic ballasts, cable, aluminium (untreated)
140 x 110 x 15 cm
Edition of 1
Olaf Nicolai
Monogramm (O.A.)
2019
Acrylic glass, LEDs, transformer, controller, power, programming
2 parts, each 70 x 70 x 13,6 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Faltung (#23/027)
2022
Folding, Coloured pencil on handmade paper, Envelope
24 x 16,2 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Faltung (#23/025)
2022
Folding, Coloured pencil on handmade paper, Envelope
23,7 x 16,2 cm
Olaf Nicolai
MARX
2020
Video (Colour/Sound), 24 hours
Dimensons variable
Edition of 24
Olaf Nicolai
ENJOY / SURVIVE (I)
2001
Light box, print on plastic orange/blue
Edition of 3
Olaf Nicolai
Diamond Parcel Paper (# B6)
2019
Diamond Parcel Paper perforated
29 x 21,7 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Diamond Parcel Paper (# A10)
2019
Diamond Parcel Paper perforated
19 x 16 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Big Sneaker
2001
Various cloth material, film, inflatables
400 x 900 x 300 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Maisons des Abeilles
2002
each 75 x 55 x 65 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Maisons des Abeilles
2001
253 x 240 x 60 cm
Olaf Nicolai
GIRO / Forma Cava (3)
2015/2018
Aircraft plywood on birch plywood, lacquered
50 x 40 cm
Olaf Nicolai
GIRO / Forma Cava (2)
2015/2018
Aircraft plywood on birch plywood, lacquered
50 x 40 cm
Olaf Nicolai
GIRO / Forma Cava (1)
2015/2018
Aircraft plywood on birch plywood, lacquered
50 x 40 cm
Olaf Nicolai
That\'s a God-forsaken place; But it\'s beautiful, isn\'t it?
2018
Installation view, Lokeremise St. Gallen
Photo: Sebastian Stadler
Olaf Nicolai
Cleaning the Facade
2018
various American and British Newspapers, photo documentary on film, transparent acrylic glass, wood
548 x 140 x 12 cm
Olaf Nicolai
HOW TO FANCY THE LIGHT OF A CANDLE AFTER IT IS BLOWN OUT
2019
Installation view
Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
Olaf Nicolai
LESSER
2017
Gaslight system, polished stainless steal
16 m high, 25 - 75 cm diameter
Olaf Nicolai
Der 673. Morgen
2017
Glass beads, PVC
Length: 29m
Olaf Nicolai
Der 673. Morgen
2017
Glass beads, PVC
Length: 29m
Olaf Nicolai
O.T. Edition (Der 673. Morgen)
2017
Fine Art Pigment Print on Rice-Paper
44 x 30 cm
Olaf Nicolai
O.T. (Der 673. Morgen)
2017
Fine Art Pigment Print on Rice-Paper
7 parts, each 44 x 29,5 cm
Olaf Nicolai
FOG (7HC)
2017
Glas, stainless steal, foil
57 x 113 x 12 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Giro
2015
German Pavilion
Venice Biennale
Olaf Nicolai
Parafulmine mobile
2015
Brass, tripod
19,5 x 12,5 cm; 153 cm incl. tripod
Olaf Nicolai
untitled (atem)
2014
Glass
200 x 132 x 0,6 cm
Olaf Nicolai
le pigment de la lumiére - Studie 3
2014
White gouache on Ingres paper
63 x 48 cm
Olaf Nicolai
POSITI (Vienna Version)
2014
Two marble plates
55 x 55 x 1,5 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Echo
2013
Installation with glass drops equal to the volume of the artist\'s body
Dimensions variable
Olaf Nicolai
Escalier du Chant
Performance »Olaf Nicolai – Escalier du Chant« in the Pinakothek der Moderne
January 30, 2011
Photo: Haydar Koyupinar
© Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Olaf Nicolai
Innere Stimme
2010
lithography/gambi-paper/duct-tape
42 x 29,5 cm
Olaf Nicolai
o.T.
from the series: Considering a multiplicity of appearances in light of a particular aspect of relevance. Or: Can art be concrete?
2012
silk screen
160 x 120 cm
Olaf Nicolai
o.T.
from the series: Considering a multiplicity of appearances in light of a particular aspect of relevance. Or: Can art be concrete?
2012
silk screen
160 x 120 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Faites le travail qu\'accomplit le soleil, 2010
exhibiton view
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
Olaf Nicolai
Faites le travail qu\'accomplit le soleil, 2010
exhibition view
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
Olaf Nicolai
Black Pearl Curtain
2010
Curtains of plastic pearls
dimensions variable
Olaf Nicolai
WARUM FRAUEN GERNE STOFFE KAUFEN, DIE SICH GUT ANFÜHLEN
Exhibition view Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
2010
Curtain, satinet of cotton and silk, machine woven
6 pieces, each 347 x 900 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Apollo - Installationsansicht Museum Boijmans 2008
2008
stainless steel, polished
300 x 713x 713 cm (incl. gates)
Olaf Nicolai
Samani. Some Proposals to Answer Important Questions
2008
Height 400 cm, Base Diameter: 120 cm
Mixed media (steel, spot lights, digital controller, motion detectors, 3 motors)
Edition: 3
Olaf Nicolai
Rodakis
2008
Film
Shooting Format: 35mm, 1:1,85, Screening format: 35mm,
Colour, Sound: Stereo
11:47min
Olaf Nicolai
Korallengärten und ihre Magie
Exhibition view, Leonhardi Museum Dresden, 2007
Olaf Nicolai
Vier Schwünge
2007
Neon
60 x 40 x 40 cm
Olaf Nicolai
La Lotta
2006
Taxidermised hide, horn, polyester, electric heating, temperature control
object temperature approx. 43,2 C / 109,4 F
153 x 215 x 155 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Constantin
2006
Installation, industrial wind wheel, type AV007
variabel
Olaf Nicolai
Celio
2004
Aluminium, acrylic glass
130 x 90 x 30 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Series Noms de Guerres
2006
neon writing plus 1 text sheet (29,7 x 21 cm)
Olaf Nicolai
Arcadia
2004
C-Print
63 x 63 cm
Edition of 3
Olaf Nicolai
Baraque de Chantier
2003/2015
Transparent acrylic glass, wood
464 x 293 x 252 cm
Olaf Nicolai
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A WEEPING NARCISSUS
2000
Polyester, textiles, water, electronic pump
90 x 268 x 156 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Dresden 68
2000
Lamp made of 16 polyhedron elements
200 x 200 x 200 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Pavillons
3 Pavillons:
diameter: 6 m, Height 3,10 m
diameter: 8 m, Height 4,10 m
diameter: 6 m, Height 3,60 m
the Pavillons are connected with each other
technique: pulverized steel, base: coloured Tartan, LED-lightning
Olaf Nicolai
The Pirate Edition
Poster, Offsetprint
60 x 83.5 cm
Edition 3000
2000
Olaf Nicolai
The Blondes
2003/05
photography series, 42 pieces
each 33 x 24 cm
Edition: 3
Olaf Nicolai
Ritornello
2005
1000 cm x 700 cm x 3500cm
(The clothes, hanging in streets of Naples and Rome, transferred to a
street in Sharjah, Arabic Emirates)
Olaf Nicolai
Campido
2003
Trees, gras, stones
Institut für Geologisches Institut, Universität Freiburg
model out of squares and circles inspired by a sketch from Verner Panton
Olaf Nicolai
Pantone 30 Farben
2000
Installation with sound
wall paper in 30 Pantone colours (Pantone 2000), Offset printing,
radian measure, max.: 100 x 70 cm
dimension: variabel
Olaf Nicolai
BUBBLEGRAM - A Street - Surfing Painting
1999
Road paint on bitumen
size ca. 2500 x 4000 cm
Skaterplatz, Bregenz/ Bodensee, Austria
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me
2023
Digital print on laminated glass mirror, oiled steel, rubber
186 x 230 x 100 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me #2
2023
from the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
61 x 51 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me #6
2023
from the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
61 x 51 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me #7
2023
from the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
61 x 51 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me (diptych I)
2023
from the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
each 61 x 51 cm
Edition of 2
Olaf Nicolai
I never look at you from the place from which you see me, Solo
2023
From the series: I never look at you from the place from which you see me
Photography
66 x 51 cm
Olaf Nicolai
(!? x : ..? X!
2019
Neon glass, electronic ballasts, cable, aluminium (untreated)
140 x 110 x 15 cm
Edition of 1
Olaf Nicolai
Monogramm (O.A.)
2019
Acrylic glass, LEDs, transformer, controller, power, programming
2 parts, each 70 x 70 x 13,6 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Faltung (#23/027)
2022
Folding, Coloured pencil on handmade paper, Envelope
24 x 16,2 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Faltung (#23/025)
2022
Folding, Coloured pencil on handmade paper, Envelope
23,7 x 16,2 cm
Olaf Nicolai
MARX
2020
Video (Colour/Sound), 24 hours
Dimensons variable
Edition of 24
Olaf Nicolai
ENJOY / SURVIVE (I)
2001
Light box, print on plastic orange/blue
Edition of 3
Olaf Nicolai
Diamond Parcel Paper (# B6)
2019
Diamond Parcel Paper perforated
29 x 21,7 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Diamond Parcel Paper (# A10)
2019
Diamond Parcel Paper perforated
19 x 16 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Big Sneaker
2001
Various cloth material, film, inflatables
400 x 900 x 300 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Maisons des Abeilles
2002
each 75 x 55 x 65 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Maisons des Abeilles
2001
253 x 240 x 60 cm
Olaf Nicolai
GIRO / Forma Cava (3)
2015/2018
Aircraft plywood on birch plywood, lacquered
50 x 40 cm
Olaf Nicolai
GIRO / Forma Cava (2)
2015/2018
Aircraft plywood on birch plywood, lacquered
50 x 40 cm
Olaf Nicolai
GIRO / Forma Cava (1)
2015/2018
Aircraft plywood on birch plywood, lacquered
50 x 40 cm
Olaf Nicolai
That\'s a God-forsaken place; But it\'s beautiful, isn\'t it?
2018
Installation view, Lokeremise St. Gallen
Photo: Sebastian Stadler
Olaf Nicolai
Cleaning the Facade
2018
various American and British Newspapers, photo documentary on film, transparent acrylic glass, wood
548 x 140 x 12 cm
Olaf Nicolai
HOW TO FANCY THE LIGHT OF A CANDLE AFTER IT IS BLOWN OUT
2019
Installation view
Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
Olaf Nicolai
LESSER
2017
Gaslight system, polished stainless steal
16 m high, 25 - 75 cm diameter
Olaf Nicolai
Der 673. Morgen
2017
Glass beads, PVC
Length: 29m
Olaf Nicolai
Der 673. Morgen
2017
Glass beads, PVC
Length: 29m
Olaf Nicolai
O.T. Edition (Der 673. Morgen)
2017
Fine Art Pigment Print on Rice-Paper
44 x 30 cm
Olaf Nicolai
O.T. (Der 673. Morgen)
2017
Fine Art Pigment Print on Rice-Paper
7 parts, each 44 x 29,5 cm
Olaf Nicolai
FOG (7HC)
2017
Glas, stainless steal, foil
57 x 113 x 12 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Giro
2015
German Pavilion
Venice Biennale
Olaf Nicolai
Parafulmine mobile
2015
Brass, tripod
19,5 x 12,5 cm; 153 cm incl. tripod
Olaf Nicolai
untitled (atem)
2014
Glass
200 x 132 x 0,6 cm
Olaf Nicolai
le pigment de la lumiére - Studie 3
2014
White gouache on Ingres paper
63 x 48 cm
Olaf Nicolai
POSITI (Vienna Version)
2014
Two marble plates
55 x 55 x 1,5 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Echo
2013
Installation with glass drops equal to the volume of the artist\'s body
Dimensions variable
Olaf Nicolai
Escalier du Chant
Performance »Olaf Nicolai – Escalier du Chant« in the Pinakothek der Moderne
January 30, 2011
Photo: Haydar Koyupinar
© Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Olaf Nicolai
Innere Stimme
2010
lithography/gambi-paper/duct-tape
42 x 29,5 cm
Olaf Nicolai
o.T.
from the series: Considering a multiplicity of appearances in light of a particular aspect of relevance. Or: Can art be concrete?
2012
silk screen
160 x 120 cm
Olaf Nicolai
o.T.
from the series: Considering a multiplicity of appearances in light of a particular aspect of relevance. Or: Can art be concrete?
2012
silk screen
160 x 120 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Faites le travail qu\'accomplit le soleil, 2010
exhibiton view
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
Olaf Nicolai
Faites le travail qu\'accomplit le soleil, 2010
exhibition view
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
Olaf Nicolai
Black Pearl Curtain
2010
Curtains of plastic pearls
dimensions variable
Olaf Nicolai
WARUM FRAUEN GERNE STOFFE KAUFEN, DIE SICH GUT ANFÜHLEN
Exhibition view Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
2010
Curtain, satinet of cotton and silk, machine woven
6 pieces, each 347 x 900 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Apollo - Installationsansicht Museum Boijmans 2008
2008
stainless steel, polished
300 x 713x 713 cm (incl. gates)
Olaf Nicolai
Samani. Some Proposals to Answer Important Questions
2008
Height 400 cm, Base Diameter: 120 cm
Mixed media (steel, spot lights, digital controller, motion detectors, 3 motors)
Edition: 3
Olaf Nicolai
Rodakis
2008
Film
Shooting Format: 35mm, 1:1,85, Screening format: 35mm,
Colour, Sound: Stereo
11:47min
Olaf Nicolai
Korallengärten und ihre Magie
Exhibition view, Leonhardi Museum Dresden, 2007
Olaf Nicolai
Vier Schwünge
2007
Neon
60 x 40 x 40 cm
Olaf Nicolai
La Lotta
2006
Taxidermised hide, horn, polyester, electric heating, temperature control
object temperature approx. 43,2 C / 109,4 F
153 x 215 x 155 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Constantin
2006
Installation, industrial wind wheel, type AV007
variabel
Olaf Nicolai
Celio
2004
Aluminium, acrylic glass
130 x 90 x 30 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Series Noms de Guerres
2006
neon writing plus 1 text sheet (29,7 x 21 cm)
Olaf Nicolai
Arcadia
2004
C-Print
63 x 63 cm
Edition of 3
Olaf Nicolai
Baraque de Chantier
2003/2015
Transparent acrylic glass, wood
464 x 293 x 252 cm
Olaf Nicolai
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A WEEPING NARCISSUS
2000
Polyester, textiles, water, electronic pump
90 x 268 x 156 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Dresden 68
2000
Lamp made of 16 polyhedron elements
200 x 200 x 200 cm
Olaf Nicolai
Pavillons
3 Pavillons:
diameter: 6 m, Height 3,10 m
diameter: 8 m, Height 4,10 m
diameter: 6 m, Height 3,60 m
the Pavillons are connected with each other
technique: pulverized steel, base: coloured Tartan, LED-lightning
Olaf Nicolai
The Pirate Edition
Poster, Offsetprint
60 x 83.5 cm
Edition 3000
2000
Olaf Nicolai
The Blondes
2003/05
photography series, 42 pieces
each 33 x 24 cm
Edition: 3
Olaf Nicolai
Ritornello
2005
1000 cm x 700 cm x 3500cm
(The clothes, hanging in streets of Naples and Rome, transferred to a
street in Sharjah, Arabic Emirates)
Olaf Nicolai
Campido
2003
Trees, gras, stones
Institut für Geologisches Institut, Universität Freiburg
model out of squares and circles inspired by a sketch from Verner Panton
Olaf Nicolai
Pantone 30 Farben
2000
Installation with sound
wall paper in 30 Pantone colours (Pantone 2000), Offset printing,
radian measure, max.: 100 x 70 cm
dimension: variabel
Olaf Nicolai
BUBBLEGRAM - A Street - Surfing Painting
1999
Road paint on bitumen
size ca. 2500 x 4000 cm
Skaterplatz, Bregenz/ Bodensee, Austria