SIGMAR POLKE

This volume brings together a rich body of work, ranging from Polkes mass-produced tourist scenery of the 1960s to the multilayered paintings of the 1980s, and his double-sided Laterna Magica works from 1988 to 1996. During his travels, Polke had a breakthrough i n his thinking about color, noting how, for example, Hinduism explains and uses color or how Australians use color. K. Schmidt, a Polke expert and contemporary of the artist, whose essay for this catalog reconstructs the specifics of Polkes itinerary, further e xplores the d...[Read more]