Sigmar Polke: Die Vervielfältigung des Humors: Kat. Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, und les Abatoirs, Toulouse
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Sigmar Polke: Die Vervielfältigung des Humors: Kat. Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, und les Abatoirs, Toulouse Details
About the Author Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) was one ot the outstanding German artists in the 20th century. Together with Gerhard Richter and Konrad Lueg he founded 1963 the artist group Kapitalistischer Realismus (capitalistic realism). On the contrary to Gerhard Richter the work of Sigmar Polke was lifelong charterized from his bias to irony. With his thematic shifts and integration of surprising materials he is a precusor of generations of artists since the Postmodern era. Sigmar Polke was professor at the academy in Hamburg 1977–1991, participated at documenta 5 (1972), 6 (1977) and 7 (1982), in the same year his work was exhibited at the spectacular show ZEITGEIST in Berlin. 2002 he was honored with the Praemium Imperiale and get 2009 honory member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Read more
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