Kippenberger on the Theme of Fucking, Boozing and Selling
- Artist: Martin Kippenberger
- Date: 1982
- Medium: Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions: image: 592 x 840 mm
- Museum: Tate Modern
- Collection record: Tate Modern website
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About this artwork
This is the "Kippenberger on the Theme of Fucking, Boozing and Selling" by Martin Kippenberger. A lithograph on paper produced in 1982 for an exhibition at Studio F in Ulm, Germany, it’s one of the 178 posters he made over his career. These posters were designed as ad‑style prints—screen or lithograph—used to promote everything from shows to parties, and they show how Kippenberger didn’t just create paintings but also the marketing around them. Even early on, he was blending humor, social critique and a blatant love of life. Jutta Koether noted that his posters capture his wit and self‑promotion, underscoring his desire to break the art world’s conventions. The piece reflects his restless personality and his habit of turning the very act of promotion into a creative statement, blurring the line between art and advertisement.
See it in person
Kippenberger on the Theme of Fucking, Boozing and Selling is in the collection of Tate Modern on Bankside, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
