Untitled (Rubber painting)

by Martin Kippenberger

Artist Martin Kippenberger (Tyskland, 1953 - 1997)

Alternate Title

Utan titel (Gummimålning)

Date1990

MediumAcrylic paint and latex on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 241 × 202 cm Yttermått: 241 × 202 × 11 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LineDonation 2013 from 100 Friends of Moderna Museet with contribution from Pontus Bonnier, Johannes Falk, Helena & Martin Bjäringer, Lena & Per Josefsson and Agneta & Bo Philipson

Countries

Germany

Object NumberMOM/2013/167

CollectionsModerna Museets Vänner

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkMartin Kippenberger was born in postwar Germany and died in Vienna when he was only 44 years old. He was a prolific artist and refused to limit himself to any particular medium. Kippenberger was considered an “enfant terrible”, a rebel, who rejected the expectations of the art market. While visiting New York, he began making latex and rubber paintings. This monumental canvas is covered with a layer of latex, which forms a meaty, grimy, cracked surface with protruding rubber objects, suggesting fetishism, bodies and sex. Kippenberger had a peculiar sense of humour, with a sharp tone of social criticism. He questioned the potential for artistic authenticity and originality and claimed that he was working in the face of the death of painting.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på dukens baksida: Kippenberger 90, Med tuschpenna på spännramen: MK/22, Pappersetiketter på spännramen: Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin MARTIN KIPPENBERGER Untitled 1990 Acrylic, latex on canvas 240 x 200 cm SKARSTEDT GALLERY 20 EAST 79 STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10075 Martin Kippenberger Untitled(Rubber painting) 1990 Acrylic and latex on canvas 94.5 x 79 inches 240 x 200,7 cm (Inv #2068) Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin MARTIN KIPPENBERGER ohne Titel 1990 Acryl, Latex auf Leinwand 240 x 200 cm Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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