Martin Kippenberger. Annotated catalogue raisonné of the books 1977–1997

Testi: Koch Uwe, Ohrt Roberto et al.
F.to: 21×27,5; pagg. 368; 150 COL e 460 BN; rileg. brossura.
Editore: Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2002.
€ 67,00

Roberta Smith called him the “madcap bad boy of contemporary German art” and also “one of the three or four best German artists of the postwar period.” Martin Kippenberger disrupted the status quo throughout his brief, excessive life, not just by making art of every variety and medium but also by conducting an extended performance in the vicinity of art that involved running galleries, organizing exhibitions, collecting the work of This particular volume considers his output of artist’s books, as well as his exhibition catalogues and all the publications whose content he either created or edited. More than just documentation, this publication makes accessible for a wider public the multiple aspects of Kippenberger’s books, with all the complexity and consequence of his oeuvre intact.

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