![]() ![]() Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper 1963–1974, 1999, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Sigmar Polke. Selected solo exhibitions include Sigmar Polke, 1996, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Polke was honored with the “Golden Lion” at the XLII Biennale di Venezia in 1986, the 1987 Lichtwark Prize in Hamburg, Germany, and the 1994 Erasmus Prize in Amsterdam. He was awarded the Young Germans award in 1964 and received the prize for painting at the XIII Bienal de Sao Paulo in 1975. He studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Karl Otto Goetz and Gerhard Hoehme. Polke currently lives and works in Cologne, Germany. Polke’s unconventional style has been enhanced through his use of multi-layered surfaces and the use of household materials, chemicals (arsenic, iron oxide), and lacquer. Their relationship was a building block of Polke’s early affinity for routinely changing the rules by which he painted. Polke, along with fellow artist and countryman Gerhard Richter, is credited with the creation of “Kapitalistischen Realismus” (Capitalist Realism), the German version of American Pop Art, initiated during the opening of the 1963 exhibition Demonstrative Ausstellung in Düsseldorf. A full-color catalogue with an essay by Chrissie Iles, Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator of Contemporary Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, is available. The exhibition is traveling from Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin (1 November–20 December 2008) and continuing to Michael Werner Gallery, New York (29 April–29 June 2009). The twenty-four Lens Paintings, and ten new paintings from Polke’s studio, are being shown for the first time outside of Siegen, Germany. This painted “lens” generates a variety of distortions, mutations, and spatial illusions when seen from different viewpoints. This led Polke to devise a system to create, in paint, a corrugated, refractive surface that mimics an industrially manufactured lenticular lens. Lit from behind, the grooved surfaces of these light boxes changed as one moved past them. Polke’s interest in this idea was first manifest in the artist’s commission for the reopening of the Reichstag in Berlin, for which he created a series of large lenticular images. According to Zahn, every luminous object in the universe varies in appearance depending on the viewer’s position. Zahn, a monk in the Premonstrate Order, was a leading figure in the development of the camera obscura, and his “teledioptric artificial eye,” was a precursor to the telephoto lens. The conceptual framework of these paintings is found in theories set forth by Johann Zahn in his 1658 book, Oculus artificialis teledioptricus, sive telescopium (The Teledioptric Artificial Eye, or Telescope). The Lens Paintings signal a new phase of development for an artist whose career is characterized by over 40 years of radically inventive painting. 1941, Oels/Schlesien, East Germany) is one of the most important artists of the post-war generation. ![]() The award is given every five years to a European painter with significant achievements and ties to the community. Polke is the 11th recipient of the prize begun in 1955 in recognition of the Flemish painter and Siegen native Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640). The paintings were first exhibited at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Siegen, Germany on the occasion of the Rubens Prize in 2007. The furniture becomes characters from the history, brought to the future through the scenes painted on them- each with their own story to tell.The Arts Club of Chicago is pleased to announce the exhibition Sigmar Polke: Lens Paintings. ![]() We use antiques as our canvas, not only for an eco-friendly purpose, but also to ensure the impossibility of replicating each particular piece. This quest is conveyed within all pieces and adds to the ethereal quality of the work. All imagery is inspired by mythology, philosophy, dreams and science, and tells a story of the absurdity of the human experience and the struggles of making sense of it all. Each element has a purpose and completes the story. Our products are poetry expressed through layers of paint and metaphoric shots stretching across the wooden surfaces. ![]() The award-winning company was founded in early 2018, by prolific artist, Miruna Filip.Īll pieces are exclusively hand-painted by the artist. Atelier MIRU delivers to daring individuals with an artistic flair and appreciation for the mastery of hand-made craftsmanship. ![]()
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