THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Kippenberger returned again and again to the Ford Capri, the quintessential budget coupe of the 1970s, which appeared in drawings and photos, even in an installation (Capri by Night, 1982), standing for movement and escape and, by extension for the dream of upward mobility. Yet no one who could afford a classier model would ever have dreamt of buying a Capri, it was to the expensive sports car what Kippenberger-in-underwear was to the old Picasso – an image of aspiration that had failure written all over it.

Le Feuvre/Failure