Sigmar Polke 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 his perception of historical events.
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Works in Collection
165 works
"Artists Fight..." ("Künstler kämpfen...")
Sigmar Polke
1979
"Sculpture" ("Plastik")
Sigmar Polke
c. 1968
"Young Man Come Back Soon!" ("Junge komm bald wieder!")
Sigmar Polke
1963
Arsenal (Zeughaus)
Sigmar Polke
1976
At The Opera (Answer to the Question Whether Sponges Poss...
Sigmar Polke
1973
Balloon Palm Tree (Luftbalonpalme) from the Palm Tree Ser...
Sigmar Polke
1966, published 1968
Blanket
Sigmar Polke
1967
Blanket (Decke) from .....Higher Beings Ordain (.....Höhe...
Sigmar Polke
1967, published 1968
Bread Palm Tree (Brotpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Pa...
Sigmar Polke
1966, published 1968
Button Palm Tree (Knopfpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (...
Sigmar Polke
1966, published 1968
Cardboardology (Pappologie)
Sigmar Polke
1968–69
Cologne Beggars I-IV (Kölner Bettler I-IV)
Sigmar Polke
1972
Cotton Palm Tree (Wattepalme) from the Palm Tree Series (...
Sigmar Polke
1966, published 1968
Cultural Stencil (Kulturschablone)
Sigmar Polke
1998
Day by Day...they take some brain away
Sigmar Polke
1975
En Bloc
Joseph Beuys
1969–72
Figure with Hand (Dizzy...) (Figur mit Hand (Es schwindel...
Sigmar Polke
1973
Free of Dizziness
Sigmar Polke
(1964)
Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder)
Sigmar Polke
2004
Glass Palm Tree (Glaspalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Pa...
Sigmar Polke
1966, published 1968
Glove Palm Tree (Handschuhpalme) from the Palm Tree Serie...
Sigmar Polke
1966, published 1968
Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus (Graphics of Capita...
K. P. Brehmer
1971
Hallo Shiva...
Sigmar Polke
1974
Hallucie
Sigmar Polke
1998
Exhibitions
14 exhibitionsMar 19, 1981 – Jun 02, 1981
Recent Acquisitions: Drawings
65 artists · 1 curator
May 27, 1983 – Oct 11, 1983
Some Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
32 artists · 1 curator
May 17, 1984 – Aug 19, 1984
An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture
165 artists · 1 curator
Dec 08, 1984 – May 20, 1985
Contemporary Drawings
38 artists · 1 curator
May 26, 1985 – Oct 29, 1985
Drawing in Austria and Germany
41 artists · 1 curator
Apr 11, 1986 – Oct 09, 1986
Contemporary Works from the Collection
51 artists · 1 curator
Jul 23, 1986 – Dec 07, 1986
Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints
26 artists · 1 curator
Jan 24, 1987 – Jun 14, 1987
Drawings Acquisitions
65 artists · 1 curator
Jun 25, 1987 – Oct 13, 1987
Drawing since 1940
58 artists · 1 curator
Jul 28, 1988 – Oct 23, 1988
Europe, America: A Selection from the Collection
13 artists · 1 curator
Mar 16, 1989 – Jul 04, 1989
Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection
39 artists · 1 curator
Apr 06, 1989 – Aug 08, 1989
Master Prints from the Collection
102 artists · 1 curator
Aug 18, 1989 – Nov 07, 1989
Recent Acquisitions
32 artists · 1 curator
Nov 09, 1989 – Feb 13, 1990
Drawings of the Eighties from the Collection, Part I
35 artists · 1 curator