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Kippenberger, Martin
(1953-1997)Martin Kippenberger

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographer: Rainer Fichel (1946-2010). Martin Kippenberger at an exhibition opening. 1984. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 25,3 x 25,2 cm. Photographer’s stamp, annotated, and signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

Martin Kippenberger studied at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts from 1972 to 1976, where he was strongly influenced by the work of Sigmar Polke. In 1978 he moved to Berlin, where he co-founded “Kippenberger’s Büro” with Gisela Capitain to support emerging artists, while also serving as business director of the influential venue SO36. Throughout the 1980s, Kippenberger gained increasing recognition through exhibitions in Germany and abroad, culminating in his participation in the Venice Biennale in 1988 and documenta X. Associated with the “Neue Wilde” movement, his work is marked by irreverence, wit, and a critical engagement with artistic and social conventions; he died prematurely in 1997 as a consequence of his excess-driven lifestyle.