Sonne Busen Hammer, no. 6

Considered one of the most influential artists of his generation, Martin Kippenberger produced an astonishingly varied and prolific oeuvre in his short lifetime. While his practice encompassed a wide range of styles and media, his penchant for appropriation, parody and use of everyday objects is most closely associated with the Neo-Dada and Neo-Pop Art movements. Known as much for his hard-drinking lifestyle as for his irreverent artistic output, Kippenberger garnered a reputation as an enfant terrible of the German art scene. Kippenberger’s leveraging of his debauched public persona prefigures the Young British Artists (YBAs), including Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Gavin Turk. American artists like Jeff Koons, Julian Schnabel and John Baldessari have also cited his influence.

Vienna, Austria