Sigmar Polke
- Introduction
- Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when he produced abstract works created by chance through chemical reactions between paint and other products. In the last 20 years of his life, he produced paintings focused on historical events and perceptions of them.
- Wikidata
- Q376062
- Introduction
- German painter became internationally influential after his first solo exhibition in New York at the Holly Solomon Gallery, 1982, though the work shown was created in the preceding decade. He is known for his multi-layered works that drew from found images, photography, and abstraction, work that itself was built on the innovations of American Pop Art. His reputation grew steadily from the 1980s, and he was considered at his death one of the foremost painters of his generation.
- Nationalities
- German, West German, Polish
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Installation Artist, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
- Name
- Sigmar Polke
- Ulan
- 500115233
Exhibitions
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208: After the Wall
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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412: Domestic Disruption
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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412: From Soup Cans to Flying Saucers
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 20, 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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The Long Run
Nov 11, 2017–May 5, 2019
MoMA
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From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
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Sigmar Polke has
61 exhibitionsonline.
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Sigmar Polke "Young Man Come Back Soon!" ("Junge komm bald wieder!") 1963
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Sigmar Polke Untitled (1963)
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Sigmar Polke Untitled (Woman with Spray Can) (1963)
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Sigmar Polke Free of Dizziness (1964)
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Sigmar Polke Untitled 1964
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Sigmar Polke Rice (1963-64)
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Sigmar Polke Untitled c. 1964
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Sigmar Polke Untitled, Untitled (Raster mit Gesichtern) 1964
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Sigmar Polke Untitled (Drawing for "Silberner Ziegelstein") 1965
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Sigmar Polke Untitled ("Witz") 1965
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Sigmar Polke Untitled 1966
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Sigmar Polke Flying Saucers (Fliegende Untertassen) 1966
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Sigmar Polke Girlfriends I (Freundinnen I) 1967
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Sigmar Polke Polke Neue Bilder 1967
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Sigmar Polke Blanket 1967
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Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke Metamorphosis (Umwandlung) 1968
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Sigmar Polke Whip 1968
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Sigmar Polke Untitled (1968)
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Various Artists, K. P. Brehmer, K. H. Hödicke, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Wolf Vostell Graphics of Capitalist Realism (Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus) 1967, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke Weekend House (Wochenendhaus) from Graphics of Capitalist Realism (Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus) 1967, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1968, prints made 1966–68
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Measuring Stick Palm Tree (Zollstockpalme) from The Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1966, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Bread Palm Tree (Brotpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1966, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Button Palm Tree (Knopfpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1966, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Men Palm Tree (Menschenpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1966, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Cotton Palm Tree (Wattepalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1966, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Glove Palm Tree (Handschuhpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1966, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Balloon Palm Tree (Luftbalonpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1966, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Glass Palm Tree (Glaspalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1966, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Blanket (Decke) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1967, published 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer The Double (Der Doppelgänger) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer The Correction of the Lines of the Hand (Die Korrektur an den Handlinien) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer The Defoliation of a Tree (Das Entblättern eines Baumes) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer The Tree, For My Sake, Has Grown Up Hollow (Der Baum, der meinetwegen hohl gewachsen ist) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1968
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Sigmar Polke, Christof Kohlhöfer Whip (Peitsche) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhere Wesen befehlen) 1968
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Sigmar Polke "Sculpture" ("Plastik") c. 1968
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Sigmar Polke "Flying Saucers" ("Fliegende Untertassen") 1968
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Sigmar Polke "Eight Lines" ("Acht Striche") 1968
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Sigmar Polke Untitled 1968
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Sigmar Polke Untitled from the series Meiseen pot 1968
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Sigmar Polke Untitled c. 1965
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Sigmar Polke Untitled 1966-69
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Sigmar Polke Untitled (Anna Polke) c. 1968
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Sigmar Polke Cardboardology (Pappologie) 1968–69
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K. P. Brehmer, K. H. Hödicke, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Wolf Vostell, Various Artists Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus (Graphics of Capitalist Realism) 1971
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Sigmar Polke Self Portrait (Selbstbildnis) from Graphics of Capitalist Realism (Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus) 1971
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Sigmar Polke TV Picture (Soccer Player) I (Fernsehbild (Kicker) _I) 1971
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Sigmar Polke Untitled 1971
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