Kippenberger, Martin

Martin Kippenberger
Martin Kippenberger
Date of Birth	February 25, 1953
Place of Birth	Dortmund
Date of death	March 7, 1997 ( 44)
Place of death	Vein
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Genre	installation , photography , painting , sculpture
Style	new wild , neo-expressionism

Martin Kippenberger ( German: Martin Kippenberger ; born February 25, 1953 Dortmund - d. March 7, 1997 Vienna ) is a German artist, sculptor and photographer, representative of the new wild movement, known for numerous works in a dizzying range of styles and media, and also provocative behavior and drunkenness.

Kippenberger's reputation and influence grew after his death. His work has been the subject of several great retrospectives, including an exhibition at Tate Modern in 2006 and the “The Problem Perspective” at the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles in 2008 (the exhibition was then displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2009).

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Biography

Martin Kippenberger was born on February 25, 1953 in Dortmund . He studied at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Hamburg ( 1972 - 1976 ), where Sigmar Polke , although he did not directly teach him, influenced him. At the end of his education, Kippenberger lived for some time in Italy .

Initially working with painting, he also began working in other media - sculpture, collage, photography, installation. In 1978, he moved to Berlin , where he became one of the organizers of the Kippenberger Bureau , which organizes exhibitions of young artists. In 1979, Kippenberger exhibited at Kunsthaus, Hamburg, naming his exhibition “Kommen, Kucken, Kaufen”. In 1980, the artist lives in Paris , in 1981 participates in the exhibition " Panorama of Germany ".

In 1984 he took part in the art exhibition " From Here: 2 Months of New German Art in Dusseldorf "; joins Lord Jim's Lodge , among the organizers of which were also Jörg Schlick , Wolfgang Bauer , Albert Oelen .

In 1985, Kippenberger exhibited Buying America and Selling El Salvador at Metro Pictures Ltd in New York; a large installation included many sculptural works. In this crazy pile of objects and images, he called into question the concepts of order, rationality and the need for unity.

In 1988, Kippenberger took part in the Venice Biennale . Since 1992, he has been lecturing in art at the universities of Kassel , Amsterdam and Nice , as well as at Yale . In 1996, Kippenberger became the winner of the Kete Kolwitz Prize . In 1997, the artist participated in the exhibition of contemporary art of Document 10 in Kassel, and on March 7 dies in Vienna due to chronic alcoholism .

Creativity

Kippenberger’s strategy was to create works shocking, unpleasant, disturbing. Although sometimes they look humorous or superficial, under this thin layer are serious questions about the moral responsibility of the artist, the values and beliefs of Western culture and the nature of human destruction.

In 1987, Kippenberger integrated the painting of Gerhard Richter , which he bought, into the cover of the coffee table, raising questions about the social function of art, its value and status.

In 2003, Kippenberger's works adorned the German pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale . In 2006, a large retrospective exhibition of the artist was organized at the Tate Gallery in London .

Kippenberger's artistic work, largely provocative and non-conformist, belongs to the New Wild . Most of his works he created while intoxicated.

Incidents

In 2011, a cleaning lady in a German art gallery caused irreparable damage to Kippenberger's work. The woman polished what she considered ugly on the sculpture. The cleaning lady thought that the paint on the work of art was a dirty stain and carefully wiped it to a shine. The canvas is called "When it began to drip from the ceiling." The artist created a tower of wooden planks, under which he placed a trough with a thin layer of paint, which is dried rain water. A representative of the gallery in which the sculpture was on loan, said that the work of art is now impossible to restore.

Literature

Kerstin Stremmel "Realismus", Köln 2004.