2x241 titles twice as good as Martin Kippenberger
by Frankfurter Hauptschule
Zwinger 1
In 1986, the painter and sculptor Martin Kippenberger published a scarcely known book entitled »241 Bildtitel zum Ausleihen für Künstler« (241 titles for paintings to borrow for artists). Based on this idea, the collective Frankfurter Hauptschule has created their own collection of titles for non-existent works of art and arranged them with a text. High culture and pop culture references are blurred, overlap, overwhelm and turn into confusions in dialogue form, sarcastic evocations of the Nazi-era or just pure slapstick. The dramatic title reveals its relevance when we look at it as a type of text currently often found in memes, tweets and captions and published on platforms like Instagram, Bluesky and X.
With »2x241 titles twice as good as Martin Kippenberger« Frankfurter Hauptschule has cooked up a sinisterly glittering potpourri of the cultural industry that was rewarded the Autor*innenpreis des Heidelberger Stückemarkts in 2024.
The production of the decorative parts is carried out in the workshops of the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg.
A complete list of all employees of the technical departments involved can be found here.