Untitled (Head)

1988

Venice Biennale: “Street Lamp for Drunks”

Shows at the Venice Biennale “Laterne an Betrunkene” (“Street Lamp for Drunks”), the first of the lamp sculptures begun in 1988. The motif derives in part from the photographs in his 1988 artist's book “Psychobuildings”.

late 1989

Moves to Los Angeles and buys a share in a restaurant

After moving to Los Angeles in late 1989 he buys a 35% share in the Italian restaurant Capri in Venice, Los Angeles.

1989

Works with Jeff Koons on an issue of Parkett

Works together with Jeff Koons on an issue of the art journal Parkett; the following year Koons designs an exhibition poster for Kippenberger.

1991–1994

Stays with the Grässlin collectors in the Black Forest

On and off in 1991–1994 he is a guest of the Grässlin family of art collectors in Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald, to work and to recover from his excessive life. He had first stayed with them in 1980–1981.

from 1992

From 1992 gives lectures on art at universities

Gives lectures on art at the universities of Kassel, Amsterdam and Nice, and also at Yale. In his last years he also teaches at the Städelschule and the Art Academy in Kassel.