Martin Kippenberger"Martin Kippenberger's work has always been inextricably linked with his personal life, to the extent that at times this has dominated its critical reception. This book aims to redress the balance, concentrating on his art and exploring its visual and conceptual aspects. Kippenberger's varied oeuvre included paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photography, prints, and artist's books, executed in a wide variety of styles. The authors examine the themes underlying his work, including Socialist Realism and kitsch; self portraiture and myth; punk and anti-romanticism; exile and homelessness; the importance of humour and its roots in German political realities; and the artist's interest in language and the influence on his work of literature. The inclusion of a new translation of Kippenberger's final interview ensures his own, idiosyncratic voice is present."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Supporters Foreword 66 Plates | 6 |
Complexity and Vacuity in 189 Index | 28 |
Interview with Martin | 59 |
Copyright | |
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150 Private collection 1986 Screen print Abschied vom Jugendbonus Albert Oehlen artist Berlin Bilder Café Central Candidature catalogue chair Christian Flick Collection Cologne Contemporary Art Dear Painter Deichtorhallen Diedrich Diederichsen Düsseldorf Einstellungsgespräch End of Franz Estate Martin Kippenberger exhibition Foundation Frankfurt Franz Kafka's Amerika Friedrich Christian Flick Galerie Gisela Capitain Galerie Max Hetzler Grässlin Graz Hamburg Happy End Hazy Heavy Burschi Helmut Newton hotel stationery 29.7 Jacqueline Picasso joke Jörg Schlick Joseph Beuys Jutta Koether Kafka installation Kippenberger's Kunsthalle Kunstverein Landesmuseum lithograph on paper Markus Oehlen Martin Kippenberger media on hotel Media Partner Michael Krebber Michel Würthle Mixed media Modern Art Museum of Modern Neue Oil on canvas paintings paper 42 paper 84 Peter photographs poster print on paper retrospective RNPK Rotterdam Rüdiger Carl Sammlung Schürmann Screen print sculptures Stuttgart Syros Tate Modern Vienna Villa Arson Villa Hügel warm Watercolour on paper Werner Büttner York Zeitgenössische Kunst