4 mayo 2007 – 29 julio 2007

Martin Kippenberger - Posters

app. 80 leaves of the 1980er and 1990er years

Some 80 artistic posters by Martin Kippenberger from the 1980s and 1990s can be seen here. Alongside his work in painting and sculpture, the artist always regarded posters as an important element of his oeuvre. It was his goal to surpass Picasso in this field. Between 1980 and his early death in 1997, he produced some 140 draft posters. This makes him one of the most prolific artists in this area. 1982 he first used posters for his own exhibitions, and since then he seems to have hardly missed an opportunity to produce a poster - on the contrary, he was always on the lookout for a chance to employ one. The variety of Kippenberger’s posters and the unwavering professionalism of his treatment of the genre clearly indicate that there was method in his apparently arbitrary choice of styles, in his brazen use of quotations and sarcastic allusions, and that they represent more than mere peevishly impudent sideswipes. His posters, like his paintings, sculptures, installations and books, vacillate between provocation and calling everything into question through sarcasm.

dirección

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Steintorplatz
20099 Hamburg
fon +49 40 42 81 34 27 32
http://www.mkg-hamburg.de

horarios

Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., closed on Monday.

en el período de 10 dias
comienzo de exposiciones
finalizacion de exposiciones