Otto Waalkes explains what art has in common with diarrhea, how the first Ottifant came about and who is the “girl with wool hat”, which he portrayed at the Hamburg art college.
A windy but sunny summer day in Hamburg. Otto Waalkes welcomes his “Ottifant Productions GmbH” in the office space. On July 22, the giant of German sole entertainment will be 77 years old. If you can deposit a wish for later, please: to be as fidel at that age as Otto. The interview takes place on the occasion of his new book “Art in sight” (Piper Verlag, 176 pages, 26 euros). It contains Otto-according to new interpretations of masterpieces of art history: Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso embellished with Ottifants. Otto, who studied at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, is definitely an accomplished artist.