Martin Kippenberger (born 25 February 1953 in Dortmund, died 7 March 1997 in Vienna), was an influential German artist whose penchant for mischievousness made him the focus of a generation of German enfants terrible including Albert Oehlen and Markus OehlenGeorg Herold[http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/3583, Dieter Göls, and Günther Förg.His work experimented with polemical ideas; and in a rush to execute every sort of image that occupied his thoughts he made a mark on the art world of the 1990's.He exerted expressive brush work with painterly thickly impastoed works. The flow of paintings he produced were punctuated with works that were conceptual and often controversial. His obssessive pursuit of polemics often left a trail of offence; He once produced a sculpture of a toad being crucified.

He participated in the Venice Biennale in 1988 and 2003, and in the Documenta in 1997.

He was Member of the Lord Jim Lodge.

External links

• SFMOMA Collection
• Postmedia page
• The Saatchi Gallery - Martin Kippenberger, Gallery In London with images, information, text and biography about Martin Kippenberger
• Tate Modern - Martin Kippenberger, forthcoming retrospective 8 February – 14 May 2006
• The Bermuda Triangle: Syros, Paris Bar and Dawson City
• db artmag article MK

1953 births | 1997 deaths | German artists | Contemporary artists

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