Martin Kippenberger's Dual Artistic Identity: Entrepreneur and Performer

Martin Kippenberger's artistic practice navigates between modernist and postmodern frameworks. His work as a painter in post-World War II Berlin is examined alongside his performative approach to life as art. The analysis explores how Kippenberger balances two distinct artistic positions. One perspective views art through a modernist lens of deskilling and delegation, positioning the artist as an entrepreneur. Another emphasizes postmodern performative elements in constructing subjectivity. This tension between entrepreneurial and performative modes defines Kippenberger's approach to artistic delegation. The article was published on June 5, 2015, by Sven Spieker on ARTMargins Online. Content access requires a subscription through MIT Press.