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Martin Kippenberger — Single 'Pop In' "SING"
Martin Kippenberger

Single 'Pop In' "SING"

1989

A vinyl record transformed into a singular artistic object, its surface marked with pen, coloured pencil, graphite, and ink in Kippenberger's characteristically irreverent hand. The artist intervenes directly onto the commercial format of the pop single, collapsing the boundary between music, language, and visual art. True to Kippenberger's provocative practice, the work toys with notions of authorship, celebrity, and the absurdity of cultural production.

Medium
artist recorded vinyl record, pen, coloured pencil, graphite and ink

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Martin Kippenberger, Single 'Pop In' "SING", 1989

A vinyl record transformed into a singular artistic object, its surface marked with pen, coloured pencil, graphite, and ink in Kippenberger's characteristically irreverent hand. The artist intervenes directly onto the commercial format of the pop single, collapsing the boundary between music, language, and visual art. True to Kippenberger's provocative practice, the work toys with notions of authorship, celebrity, and the absurdity of cultural production.

Medium
artist recorded vinyl record, pen, coloured pencil, graphite and ink
Year
1989
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postmodern Art, German Artist, Postwar Artist, Handwritten Text, Irreverent Humor, Male Artist, Found Object, Vinyl Record, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Music And Art, Hand-Drawn, Late 20th Century, Provocateur, Pop Culture, Neo-Expressionism

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