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Sigmar Polke
Sigmar Polke
German artist Sigmar Polke’s stylistic heterogeneity and experimentation were highly influential for a generation of innovative artists such as Martin Kippenberger, Richard Prince, and Fischli & Weiss. Polke was particularly interested in testing the limits of his materials, often mixing unusual chemicals into his photographs and paintings to see what might occur. Importantly, his stylistic innovations were strongly tied to a bold critique of both society and art. The artist was born in Oels, Germany, in 1941, studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Joseph Beuys, among other teachers, and taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg. In 1963, Polke founded the “Capitalist Realism” movement with Gerhard Richter, an ironic, anti-capitalist art style that, like Pop Art, appropriated content from advertising while simultaneously rebuking it. In 1978 the artist moved to Cologne, where he worked until his death in 2010. Polke has had solo exhibitions at the Getty Center, Los Angeles and the Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo. The Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Tate Modern, London; and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, have all hosted retrospectives of his work.
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Evening of Discussion on Source and Stimulus: Polke, Lichtenstein, Laing
May 2, 2018
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Selected Press
Blouin Artinfo | Top Art Shows in London This Week
April 5, 2018
Financial Times | Critics' Choice
March 10, 2018
Art Daily | Lévy Gorvy opens an exhibition devoted to the Ben-Day dot
March 7, 2018
London Live Evening News | Legendary Pop Art creators' work showcased in London
March 5, 2018
The Sunday Telegraph | Out of Hiding
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Blouin Artinfo | Top Art Shows in London This Week
March 1, 2018
The Art Newspaper | Lichtenstein hidden in private collection for 25 years to be unveiled
February 23, 2018
Town & Country | Ten Exhibitions To See This Spring
February 22, 2018
Blouin Artinfo | ‘Source and Stimulus: Polke, Lichtenstein, Laing’ at Lévy Gorvy, London
February 12, 2018
FAD Magazine | Source and Stimulus: Polke, Lichtenstein, Laing
February 4, 2018
Artlyst | Source and Stimulus: Polke, Lichtenstein, Laing
January 3, 2018
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