Gallery: An Artist Obsessed With Smoke Bombs and Plastic Boobs

  • Olaf Bruening is a multimedium artist.
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    Olaf Bruening is a multi-medium artist.
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    Bruening created his Color Wheel series by photographing spinning pinwheels.
  • He filled the Standard Miami's pool with boobs and flowers for a recent event.
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    He filled the Standard Miami's pool with boobs and flowers for a recent event.
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    *Brian* from 2008 is a prime example of Breuning's mix of high-brow and low-brow inspirations.
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    Wood sculpture from 2010.
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    Pattern People is a series of visual illusions.
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  • Breuning's Clouds from 2008. His newest sculpture debuting in March near Central Park in NYC will also be of clouds.
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    Breuning's *Clouds* from 2008. His newest sculpture debuting in March near Central Park in NYC will also be of clouds.
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    A paint-splattered dance performance.
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    Bruening creates photographs, live installations, branded events, sculptures. Even lamps.
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