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Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective
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September 1, 2008
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MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES
September 21, 2008-January 5, 2009
Curated by Ann Goldstein
Few postwar artists have proved as fiercely contested yet captivatingly elusive as the German Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997). The myth that has grown around his life and art operates at the intersection between the artist's provocative persona, nomadic restlessness, and addictive habits, on the one hand, and, on the other, a seemingly bottomless oeuvre that encompasses not only "works" in every conceivable medium but also his activities as a curator, collector, organizer, and scenester. In recent years this myth has threatened to eclipse-or become-the art itself, as a younger generation of ...
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