Dimensions: image: 697 x 498 mm
Copyright: © Estate Martin Kippenberger/Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This work is titled "If You Need One, You Have to Bring One with You" by Martin Kippenberger. The contrasting black and white portrait against the urban backdrop creates a compelling visual tension. What do you see in this piece, focusing on its composition? Curator: The juxtaposition of the figure and the architecture invites a reading of the self against the city, a play on scale and dominance. Notice how the figure is framed by the darker rectangle, further emphasizing this contrast. Are you drawn to the tension between the portrait and the other graphic elements? Editor: Definitely. The text at the top and the calendar squares at the bottom seem almost disruptive, yet deliberate. What could these elements signify within the overall structure? Curator: The text adds a layer of textual and perhaps ironic commentary, disrupting any easy interpretation. Consider it as a visual and linguistic obstruction, an addition of noise that prevents any straightforward semiotic closure of the work's meaning. The artist uses form to push viewers to think critically.
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Though prolific as a painter, sculptor, musician and writer, the 178 posters created by German artist Martin Kippenberger throughout his career form a significant body of work. Normally created as screen prints or lithographs in standard advertisement sizes, they were used to promote a wide variety of events from art exhibitions to upcoming parties. From 1986 Kippenberger began to group his posters into folios, though these were united more by date than by similarity of style or function. This work forms part of the first folio, T.Ü., which stands for ‘Title Überflussig’ (Title Unnecessary). Published in 1986 in an edition of sixteen, each folio contained seventeen posters made between 1984 and 1986.
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