Installation view of Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, September 21, 2008 – January 5, 2009 at MOCA Grand Ave, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Brian Forrest
Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective was the first major retrospective exhibition of Kippenberger’s work to be mounted in the US. It included key selections of work drawn from the artist’s entire career and encompassing diverse modes of production through the inclusion of paintings, sculpture, works on paper, installations, multiples, photographs, posters, announcement cards, and books
One of the most significant and influential artists of our time, German artist Martin Kippenberger (1953–97) produced a complex and richly varied body of work from the mid-1970s until his untimely death in 1997 at the age of forty-four. Kippenberger’s life and work were inextricably linked in an exceptional artistic practice centered on the role of the artist as defined within the art world and the culture at large. His oeuvre examined and expanded upon that role as Kippenberger cast himself as impresario, entertainer, curator, collector, architect, and publisher.
Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective was organized by Ann Goldstein, Senior Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.