Exhibition
April 9 – April 21, 2011, Lempertz, Cologne, Germany
April 28 – May 27, 2011, Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium
September 9 – October 7, 2011, Lempertz, Berlin, Germany
October 21 – October 31, 2011, Lempertz, Munich, Germany
Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matter and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when he produced abstract works created by chance through chemical reactions between paint and other products. In the last 20 years, he produced paintings focused on historical events and perceptions of them.