Sigmar Polke Descoperă o
sentiment, nu
o galerie de artă
Alege o stare de spirit și camera însăși îți va răspunde — lumina se răcește sau se încălzește, ritmul aerului se schimbă, iar doar lucrările care poartă acea emoție ies în prim-plan din întuneric. Tot celălalt se retrage în umbră.
Sigmar Polke
Sigmar Polke - A Life Forged in Displacement: The Early Years and Artistic Formation of Sigmar Polke Sigmar Polke’s artistic journey was profoundly shaped by the tumultuous currents of 20th-century history, beginning with his birth in Olsztyn, Poland, in 1941. His early life was marked by displacement; as a child, he fled with his family first to Thuringia and then, seeking refuge from Communist rule, to West Germany in 1953. This expe
rience of being uprooted, of existing between worlds, instilled within him a lifelong skepticism towards fixed ideologies and a fascination with the instability of perception – themes that would become central to his art. Before dedicating himself fully to painting, Polke underwent an apprenticeship as a stained glass worker in Düsseldorf (1959-1960), a formative experience that honed his technical skill and introduced him to the possi…
