Picture "Advancement by Kippenberger (Heavy Burschi)" (1991) (Unique piece)
Picture "Advancement by Kippenberger (Heavy Burschi)" (1991) (Unique piece)
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serial unique piece | signed | dated | oil and lacquer on canvas | framed | size 64.5 x 53.5 cm
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Picture "Advancement by Kippenberger (Heavy Burschi)" (1991) (Unique piece)
On the occasion of the exhibition "Heavy Burschi" in 1991 at the Kölnischer Kunstverein, he created the work "Advancement by Kippenberger" in oil on canvas, which was cut into 25 pieces and distributed to the audience in a sort of happening. We can offer one of these unique pieces to you exclusively here.
Oil and varnish on canvas, 1991. 25 copies, numbered and signed on the enclosed certificate. Edition Kunstverein Cologne. Motif size/sheet size 47.5 x 37 cm. Size in frame 64.5 x 53.5 cm as shown.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a type of modern art, that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which for the first time a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.