Sigmar Polke

-1- One of the most important and influential figures on the artistic scene today, Sigmar Polke began his career as a painter in 1963. A number of drawings from the first decade of his activity, most of which has never been seen in the United States, have been assembled for Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974. Ranging from ballpoint and felt-tipped pen drawings devoted to “Capitalist Realism” imagery to a series of monumental works from the 1970…

…Beuys led tò Polke's layered depictions of the icons of Europe's emerging consumer society as well as his integration of everyday life into his art. An anarchist by nature, Polke has always understood the limitations of painting, He has sought to create an art that moves between the activities of the studio and the activities of life. Photography gave him the opportunity to explore the complex layering of popular, intellectual, personal, social, and scientific elements.