Martin Kippenberger at L.A. MOCA (Contemporary Art Daily)

Martin Kippenberger at L.A. MOCA

December 22nd, 2008

Artist: Martin Kippenberger

Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Exhibition Title: The Problem Perspective

Date: September 21, 2008 – January 5, 2009

Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump.

Images:

: Spiderman-Atelier (Spiderman Studio), 1996, wood, metal, plastic, Plexiglas, mirrors, bronze, Styrofoam, painted canvases, vodka bottle, and balsa, 110 1/4 x 120 1/16 x 154 3/4 in., collection of Anton and Annick Herbert, Ghent, Belgium, photo by Philippe Degobert

: Installation view of the exhibition Peter. Die russische Stellung (Peter. The Russian Position) at Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, 1987, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1996, oil on canvas, 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 in., private collection, Austria, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Ohne Titel (Untitled) from the series Jacqueline: The Paintings Pablo Couldn’t Paint Anymore, 1996, oil on canvas, 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 in., The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, partial and promised gift of Susan and David Gersh, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Untitled, 1991, watercolor on paper, 16 9/16 x 22 1/16 in., Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, photo by Stefan Rötheli, Zürich

: Poster for the exhibition Der Kippenberger—Das Sahara-und das Antisahara-Programm 81/82 (The Kippenberger—The Sahara-and the Anti-Sahara Program 1981/82), 1982, offset lithograph, 33 1/16 x 23 3/8 in., photo courtesy of Dickinson Roundell, Inc., New York, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: The Modern House of Believing or Not, 1985, oil on canvas, 70 7/8 x 88 9/16 in., Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: The problem perspective. You are not the problem, it’s the problem-maker in your head, 1986, oil on canvas, 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 in., collection of Margaret and Daniel Loeb, New York, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: 1. Preis (1st Prize), 1987, oil and acrylic on canvas, 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 in., private collection, courtesy of Luhring Augustine, New York and Skarstedt Gallery, New York © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Worktimer, 1987, steel, briefcases, and rubber, 95 11/16 x 101 3/16 x 55 1/8 in., Grässlin Collection, St. Georgen, Germany, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Ohne Titel (Untitled) 1988, oil on canvas, 94 1/2 x 78 3/4 in., private collection, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Disco Bomb, 1989, mirrored disco ball with synthetic orange wig, 12 in. diam., ed. 4/9, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, gift of Christopher Wool, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1990, steel, glass, light bulb, and electrical fixtures, 109 in. tall, collection of Margaret and Daniel Loeb, New York, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Ohne Titel (Untitled) from the series Fred the Frog, 1990, oil on canvas, 94 1/2 x 78 3/4 in., collection of Audrey M. Irmas, Los Angeles, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1991, pigment and latex on canvas, 70 7/8 x 59 1/16 in., private collection, Frechen, Germany, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s “Amerika” at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1994, mixed media, dimensions variable, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

: Martin Kippenberger, Ohne Titel (Untitled) from the series Lieber Maler, male mir (Dear Painter, Paint for Me), 1981, acrylic on canvas, 78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in., collection of Wendy Gondeln, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Images courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. All installation views photographed by Brian Forrest.

Press Release:

One of the most significant and influential artists of our time, German artist Martin Kippenberger (1953-97) produced a complex and richly varied body of work from the mid-1970s until his untimely death in 1997 at the age of 44. Kippenberger’s life and work were inextricably linked in an exceptional practice that centered on the role of the artist in the culture and within the system of art. With references, subjects, and sources as wide-ranging and diverse as his production, his oeuvre examined and expanded upon that role as he also cast himself as impresario, entertainer, curator, collector, architect, and publisher. The first major retrospective exhibition to be mounted in the United States, Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective includes key selections and bodies of work from Kippenberger’s entire career: paintings, sculpture, works on paper, installations, multiples, photographs, posters, announcement cards, and books. This ambitious, large-scale exhibition is curated by MOCA Senior Curator Ann Goldstein and accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue- published by MOCA and co-published by the MIT Press- which constitutes a comprehensive and scholarly examination of the artist’s career. The exhibition travels to The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), where it is on view from March 1 to May 11, 2009.

Link: Martin Kippenberger at L.A. MOCA