Sigmar Polke
1941 - 2010
Born in Oleśnica (DE), died in Cologne (DE).
German painter-photographer Sigmar Polke (b. 1941), who developed a varied graphic oeuvre since the 1960s, uses photos, clippings, slogans and politically inspired elements that he brings together in layered images. He experiments with the possibilities of dyes, lacquers and chemicals to create transparent images that seem to move within the image, depending on the incidence of light.
Text: Hans Willemse
Translations: Michael Meert
Works
>Sigmar Polke, Höhere Wesen Befahlen: rechte obere Ecke schwartz malen!, 1969.Painting, synthetic paint, canvas, 151.3 x 126.1 cm.
>Sigmar Polke, Goldklumpen, 1982.Painting, gold pigment, schweinfurter green, arsenic, canvas, 261.5 x 202 cm.
>Georg Baselitz, Sigmar Polke, Anselm Kiefer, Wilfried Huet, GA - Tijdschrift van de Galerij van de Akademie Van Waasmunster, Jrg.5, nr.5, november 1986, 1986.Periodical, ink, paper, 57.7 x 41.7 cm, 2 p., ill., language : Dutch, publisher : Galerij van de Akademie Van Waasmunster.
>Sigmar Polke, Sigmar Polke : Zeichnungen/Aquarelle/Skizzenbücher 1962-1988, 1988.Book, ink, paper, 32.5 x 24 cm, 220 p., language : German, publisher : Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, authors : Katharina Schmidt, Gunter Schweikhart.
>Sigmar Polke, Laterna Magica, 1995.Installation, lacquer on transparant synthetic fabric in artist frame, 5 x (100 x 100 cm).
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque. 01 June 2018 - 16 September 2018.
> Exhibition: The collection XXIX – Spirits of Internationalism: 6 European Collections 1956-1986. 20 January 2012 - 29 April 2012.
> Ensemble: Artist Books.
> Ensemble: Het Ondermijnde [The Subverted].
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> Ensemble: kunstenaarsboeken uit de jaren '80 [artists' books from the 80s].