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Martin Kippenbergers Begriff des Originalen / Martin Kippenberger's Concept of the Original
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Author: Hubertus Butin
German, English
February 2027,
128
Pages
Hardcover
140mm x
210mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-6482-7
For over a hundred years, artists have continuously addressed and questioned the concept of the original. What is an original, how can authorship be defined, and must a work of art be executed by the artist's own hand? Such questions are repeatedly debated from art-theoretical, legal, and economic perspectives. Hardly any other contemporary artist has engaged with these issues as intensely as Martin Kippenberger. He partly confirmed, partly subverted, or even rendered absurd the traditions of art history and the conventions of the art world. Conservative expectations were gleefully subverted by him through various production strategies, demystifying and ironizing idealistic categories such as authenticity, creativity, and mastery. This book invites readers to rediscover Kippenberger's radicalism and to question their own perspective on the fundamental questions of art.
Hubertus Butin studied art history in Bonn and Zurich. In the 1990s, he worked as an art history assistant in Gerhard Richter's studio in Cologne. Since 1991, he has published numerous essays and books on contemporary art, art theory, and cultural policy. Among other works, he edited the catalog raisonné of Gerhard Richter's editions in 2014, as well as the Begriffslexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst [Glossary of Terms in Contemporary Art]. In 2020, Suhrkamp Verlag published his book on art forgery from a sociological perspective.
As a catalog author, he has worked for over 30 international museums to date. In 2021, he served as a guest curator at the Kunstforum Wien and the Kunsthaus Zürich. He also works worldwide as an independent expert for museums, collectors, art dealers, auction houses, and investigative authorities. Furthermore, he is a freelance contributor to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Hubertus Butin lives in Berlin.
Hubertus Butin studied art history in Bonn and Zurich. In the 1990s, he worked as an art history assistant in Gerhard Richter's studio in Cologne. Since 1991, he has published numerous essays and books on contemporary art, art theory, and cultural policy. Among other works, he edited the catalog raisonné of Gerhard Richter's editions in 2014, as well as the Begriffslexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst [Glossary of Terms in Contemporary Art]. In 2020, Suhrkamp Verlag published his book on art forgery from a sociological perspective.
As a catalog author, he has worked for over 30 international museums to date. In 2021, he served as a guest curator at the Kunstforum Wien and the Kunsthaus Zürich. He also works worldwide as an independent expert for museums, collectors, art dealers, auction houses, and investigative authorities. Furthermore, he is a freelance contributor to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Hubertus Butin lives in Berlin.
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