Charles Paul Wilp was a German artist, photographer, and director born on 15 September 1932 in Witten. He gained prominence in the 1960s as an advertising designer, creating campaigns for brands such as Puschkin and Volkswagen. In 1960, the artist Yves Klein declared him the "Prince of Space," a title that influenced his 1968 Afri-Cola campaign. His artistic work reached the music industry through the album Prince of Space, Musik der Leere (1965), a collaboration with Klein. He also collaborated with the avant-garde pop group The Monks. Wilp released the album Charles Wilp Fotografiert Bunny (1965) and later issued the studio recording Bunny (1999). His work was featured in the 1972 Documenta 5 exhibition under the category of consumer realism. In 1999, his works were displayed at the Rheingoldhalle for the Perry Rhodan WeltCon event. He followed these with the release Michelangelo in Space (The Bunny Remixes) (2004). Wilp died on 2 January 2005 in Düsseldorf at the age of 72.
