Sigmar Polke: Eine Winterreise
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (546 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941701531 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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During his travels, Polke had a breakthrough in his thinking about color, noting “how, for example, Hinduism explains and uses color or how Australians use color.” Katharina Schmidt, a Polke expert and contemporary of the artist, whose essay for this catalog reconstructs the specifics of Polke’s itinerary, further explores the direct relationship between his experiences and his subsequent expanded exploration of color in the later 1980s. Hoberman looks at films Polke produced during his travels, which function like sketchbooks, as the artist captured footage that sets him within the history of experimental film.. This volume brings together a rich body of work, ranging from Sigmar Polke’s (1941–2010) mass-produced tourist scenery of the 1960s to the multilayered paintings of the 1980s, and his double-sided Laterna Magica works from 1988 to 1996. In a
About the AuthorSigmar Polke (1941–2010) is widely recognized for his multidisciplinary output of paintings, photographs, drawings, prints, objects, installations, and films. From 2003 until 2010, he was the director of Tate Modern, where he curated the exhibition Sigmar Polke: History of Everything (2003), with the close involvement of Sigmar Polke.. Schmidt was director of the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel from 1992 to 2001.Vicente Todolí is a Spanish museum director and curator. From 1972 to 1980, she was a curator at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, followed by director of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden from 1981 to 1985. Characterized by a relentlessly experimental and inquisitive approach to a w
From 1972 to 1980, she was a curator at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, followed by director of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden from 1981 to 1985. Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) is widely recognized for his multidisciplinary output of paintings, photographs, drawings, prints, objects, installations, and films. Throughout his prolific career, Polke challenged the limits of his subject matter and materials in a rigorously inventive investigation of im