| Title | : | Sigmar Polke: Paintings, Photographs, and Films |
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| ISBN | : | 8434309890 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9788434309890 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | - |
| Publication | : | First published January 2, 2003 |
How to characterize Sigmar Polke's astonishing, incredibly pleasurable, and stylistically all-embracing oeuvre? Starting from the profane material of everyday culture, Polke interprets images of reality rather than reality itself, satirizes tendencies in contemporary painting, quesitons the role of the artist as author, breaks down the trivial visual worlds of media photography, always on the most magnificent flights of imagination. This publication is the most complete monograph on the artist to date, and includes a number of works never before published.
Sigmar Polke: Paintings, Photographs, and Films Reviews
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This fascinating book is an exploration of Polke's work centered around Goya's "The Old Women" or "Time", which Polke used both as inspiration and as source material for many works starting in the mid-80s. It's an interesting approach, and is backed up by long, rich essays and very good reproductions of many paintings, drawings, photographs, photocopy prints, film stills, etc.
