Kippenberger

Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997) was one of the most complex artists of the 80s and 90s. Resistant to any one medium, he instead regarded sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, catalogues, invitation cards and posters all as equally valid forms of artistic expression. His œuvre played these various media off against one another in an output so prolific that it verged on the inflationary. His maxim was that “good artists are never on holiday” and he demanded the same total commitment from those who viewed his works.