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Roth and Kippenberger
Aug. 27th, 2006 12:49 amOn Friday i picked up my stall monies from the cabinet at Snoopers. Cleared about £42 after rent,so pretty good again for two weeks. Saw Stephen at the bookshop. He was playing his new Congolese rhumba compilation in the bookstore.
Today finished of a survey in Enfield,and on the way back decided to go the exhibition at Hauser and Worth Coppermill Gallery in East London,just off Brick Lane in Cheshire Street to see the Dieter Roth and Martin Kippenberger event as tomorrow is the last day of the show.
Both artists have produced prolific bodies of work that refect a common interest in unconventional media, techniques and subject matter. They both share a fascination with deconstruction and failure as a means of creating art, and strectched beyond the boundaries of conventional art making.
The works of Dieter Roth defy the boundaries of the medium. His ouvre includes experimental books and prints, as well as painting, collage, sculpture and works that combine all of these in large scale multimedia assemblages.He also explores the messy processes of art making and integrates it into his work with unpredictable elements of change and decay. He employs ephemeral materials that are subject to decomposition,and has created large scale installations that were moulded and changed over time. Dieter Roth died in 1998 but his son Bjorn continues his work in accordance with his father's wishes.
Kippenberger's career has been varied and prolific as well. He has produced paintings, objects, sculptures and installations, books , posters and music Embracing numerous roles with compulsive energy he constantly has reinvented his art nnd his artistic persona, drawing on popular culture, politics, history, literature and autobiography. He countered high art with anecdote and satirical one-liners,employing anachronistic references and strategic malapropism. His working practices systematically challenges issues of authenticity and originality through appropiation collaboration and delegation. His paintings, scuilptures, and performances present a cacophony of styles and allusions that compete for attention.
Three videos of Kippenberger at his version of a loose version of Andy Warhol's "The factory" were shown at the event,which he called "The Office". The videos show the exuberance and excitement of the early punk scene in Germany.
I watched the videos for awhile after exploring the art works and then made the trepid short distance to the artists bookshop Boekie Woekie which was also part of the exhibition and full of stuf that i wanted to buy but limited financially,so all i could do was to drool over some of the quite exclusive books and other limited artifacts. I did want to but an LP by Emmett Willimas on Editions RZ which was somewhat over $14 but they didn't take debit cards,and not knowing the area couldn't find an ATM nearby. Oh well c'est la vie.
Soem of the Dieter Roth art books are available on the internet via Amazon and Boekie Woekie have their own website which they run from Holland.
Link is http://www.boekiewoekie.com
AFTERWARDS
I travelled down from Brick Lane via a 38 bus to Charing cross Road and Soho,and popped into Sister Ray for an art book on Blues Cover Albums for £3,the to Soul jazz records for two more Ocho CD's at only £3 each,and then onto Recless records and a CD of solo piano music by Howard Riley on the excellent Slam label,and again only $3.
Finally in Fopp got a second reisssue of music by Yma Sumac called "Mambo and More" (Rev-Ola) , a fairly recent release for only £5.
Then back on the 38 bus to Victoria and home.
Today finished of a survey in Enfield,and on the way back decided to go the exhibition at Hauser and Worth Coppermill Gallery in East London,just off Brick Lane in Cheshire Street to see the Dieter Roth and Martin Kippenberger event as tomorrow is the last day of the show.
Both artists have produced prolific bodies of work that refect a common interest in unconventional media, techniques and subject matter. They both share a fascination with deconstruction and failure as a means of creating art, and strectched beyond the boundaries of conventional art making.
The works of Dieter Roth defy the boundaries of the medium. His ouvre includes experimental books and prints, as well as painting, collage, sculpture and works that combine all of these in large scale multimedia assemblages.He also explores the messy processes of art making and integrates it into his work with unpredictable elements of change and decay. He employs ephemeral materials that are subject to decomposition,and has created large scale installations that were moulded and changed over time. Dieter Roth died in 1998 but his son Bjorn continues his work in accordance with his father's wishes.
Kippenberger's career has been varied and prolific as well. He has produced paintings, objects, sculptures and installations, books , posters and music Embracing numerous roles with compulsive energy he constantly has reinvented his art nnd his artistic persona, drawing on popular culture, politics, history, literature and autobiography. He countered high art with anecdote and satirical one-liners,employing anachronistic references and strategic malapropism. His working practices systematically challenges issues of authenticity and originality through appropiation collaboration and delegation. His paintings, scuilptures, and performances present a cacophony of styles and allusions that compete for attention.
Three videos of Kippenberger at his version of a loose version of Andy Warhol's "The factory" were shown at the event,which he called "The Office". The videos show the exuberance and excitement of the early punk scene in Germany.
I watched the videos for awhile after exploring the art works and then made the trepid short distance to the artists bookshop Boekie Woekie which was also part of the exhibition and full of stuf that i wanted to buy but limited financially,so all i could do was to drool over some of the quite exclusive books and other limited artifacts. I did want to but an LP by Emmett Willimas on Editions RZ which was somewhat over $14 but they didn't take debit cards,and not knowing the area couldn't find an ATM nearby. Oh well c'est la vie.
Soem of the Dieter Roth art books are available on the internet via Amazon and Boekie Woekie have their own website which they run from Holland.
Link is http://www.boekiewoekie.com
AFTERWARDS
I travelled down from Brick Lane via a 38 bus to Charing cross Road and Soho,and popped into Sister Ray for an art book on Blues Cover Albums for £3,the to Soul jazz records for two more Ocho CD's at only £3 each,and then onto Recless records and a CD of solo piano music by Howard Riley on the excellent Slam label,and again only $3.
Finally in Fopp got a second reisssue of music by Yma Sumac called "Mambo and More" (Rev-Ola) , a fairly recent release for only £5.
Then back on the 38 bus to Victoria and home.
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