Martin Kippenberger

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Martin Kippenberger was one of the most influential German artists of the post-war generation and played an essential role in establishing aesthetic principles between the late 1970’s and 1990’s. Kippenberger's work, in the form of paintings, sculptures, and installations, often contained scathing commentaries on the art world and reactionary views on iconic art historical canons. His art practice can be defined as the stance of an individual who, through actions, decisions, created objects, and facts, constructed a whole that can be understood as provocative, yet which uncompromisingly represents the miserable reality of our everyday lives in a remarkably precise way. His work was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Tate Modern, London; Serpentine Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Wien; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Kunstverein, Munich; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; P.S. 1, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Skupturenprojekt, Munster; Documenta, Kassel; Venice Biennale; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and many others. His work also features in many private and public collections.