FACES

Faces

In 2008, I joined Instagram to see what all my friends were up to. I did not want to be a creep who only followed and did not post anything, so I decided to focus on faces. I soon realized that I liked creating spontaneous arrangements and continued to do them. Instagram promoted a weekend where they encouraged people to find faces like my account as inspiration. In the following years, those faces were published in magazines and featured by Apple on Instagram; Gucci asked me to make an Instagram story. With many others, I produced plates, tiles, magnets, t-shirts, bags, and many other accessories featuring the faces. Also, they became NFTs.

This body of work became more important than I wished for, as it was just playing around from the beginning and not a part of my more serious artworks. But by now, I accepted the faces as a member of my art family, and they still make me happy each time I look at them. And I guess this is their secret power.

Below are a few of them. Over the years, I created about 1000. You can see all of them on Instagram.

The Faces book was published by Silent Sound and released in 2016. (see below)

#71 mrs stopthesnow

#89 mr ghostbusters

mr youwillbenext

#52 mrs davideatoldwoman

#42 mr whatthefuckisgoingon

#50 mr coffeefacesgain

#99 mr sadoldlemonface

#37 mrs goodmorningbutterface

#11 mrs complexface

#95 mr smoothie

#92 mr softy

#96 mr goldencomplainer

#27 mr holygasoline

#35 mrs lessgreasehead

#60 mr grumpy

#34 mr bananananana

mr criminal

#16 mrs carbirdorwhat

#73 mrs sweetbutunhappy

#1 mrs donttalkshittome

#36 mrs justgotenoughforthewinter

#81 mr leavemealoneyouinstagramfreak

mr silenceofthelambs

#13 mr downonthefloor

#10 mr yoga

mr muffinwithchocolate

#24 mr icecreamrednose

#8 mr grimwinter

#87 mr miserable

mrs akapear

#32 mr iwilleatyoulater

#53 mr brotherofotherone

#29 mrs makikosbreakfast

#9 mrs letswatchtonight

#68 mrs makikomastercook

#15 mrs lastsummerdays

mr anotherfriendlymayoface

mr m

#31 mrs dontshoutatmeinthemorning

mr dontgrabme

#84 mr donttakeme

mr drinkmeandwakeup

#67 mrs andonothertomato

#69 mrs justtoolonginthefridge

#64 mr pleasedonteatme

#40 mr naturehasthelastword

#79 mr strawberryskull

#19 mr toilet

#58 mr sweettiger

#39 mrs mynoseisrunning

#14 thefourbananabrothers

mr horriblealiensweettriangle

#26 mrs lifeistooshort bigger mouth

#47 mr pizzaface

#57 mrs sofriendlyandsweet

#94 mrs leftover

#23 mrs ladureeoverpriceddessert

mr lookatme

#88 mr billy

#98 mrs morninghammer

#56 mr lookslikekayne

#77 mr preburger

#15 mr vietnameseinropongi

#4 mrs timeforanotherpeeface

#65 mr tomatotimeagain

mr happyhappy

#12 mrs sleepingandnotknowingwhathappem

#2 mr onion

#46 mr isitwednesdayorthursday?

#26 mrs lifeistooshort

#20 mr sady

Book – Silent Sound Editions

Text from Silent sound Webpage – go to Silent Sound

Olaf Breuning – Faces

Olaf Breuning’s Faces plays against the ubiquitous language of today’s social media photography, creating an extensive cast of characters that emerge out of mundane domestic scenes: making breakfast, dinner leftovers, frost collecting on a window pane, taking out the garbage, a puddle of rain. Each page, an anthropomorphic face that both regards and projects the viewer, is an expression of everyday chaos and kismet – as long as we’re willing to take a look.

Combining a substantial 496 pages of photographs with a compact 7×7 inch square format, Faces will be released in the fall of 2019 by Los Angeles based publisher Silent Sound in a limited first edition run of 1000 copies, each book featuring it’s own unique cover. The playful design invites an organic and unpredictable re-arrangement
of the work in essentially endless combinations by the viewer.

496 pages
7 x 7 inches
First Edition of 1000
ISBN 978-0-9906507-6-8

*Each copy features unique front and back cover*

NFTs – on Foundation