Levitation (2005) is the painting Sigmar Polke is best remembered for; it belongs to the Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich. Sem título (1968) and Sem título (1965) complete the trio of best-loved canvases. Our catalogue counts 54 works by Sigmar Polke. Here are the 52 most famous, with the year, the museum and the story of each canvas.
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In the vast landscape of contemporary art, few names resonate with as much mystery and technical audacity as Sigmar Polke. His masterpiece, Levitation, created in 2005, serves as a profound meditation on the very nature of perception. At first glance, the viewer is met with a seemingly banal tableau—a table laden with objects that ground the scene in reality—yet this familiarity is quickly subverted by an underlying sense of existential…
Sigmar Polke's "Sem título" (1968) isn’t merely a photograph; it’s a carefully constructed meditation on observation, displacement, and the unsettling beauty of everyday objects. This seminal work, housed within a stark grid of black-and-white frames, immediately draws the viewer into a world both familiar and profoundly strange. The arrangement—nine individual photographs presented as a unified whole—evokes a sense of systematic collection, almost like a meticulously documented survey of the mundane.…
Sigmar Polke’s “Sem título,” created in 1968, stands as an arresting testament to the burgeoning aesthetic of capitalist realism—a movement that sought to depict everyday life with unflinching honesty, mirroring the visual language of advertising and documentary filmmaking. More than just a photographic collage, it's a carefully constructed puzzle designed to challenge our assumptions about how we perceive the world around us.
Sigmar Polke's "Sem título" (1968), a deceptively simple grid of black and white photographs, is far more than just a collection of meticulously arranged objects. It’s a profound exploration of memory, displacement, and the inherent instability of visual perception – themes deeply rooted in the artist’s own turbulent personal history. Born in Poland amidst the upheaval of World War II and subsequently forced to flee to Germany as a child,…
In the landscape of post-war European art, few works possess the peculiar, unsettling charm of Sigmar Polke’s "Kartoffelhaus" (Potato House). Created in 1967, this piece stands as a…
The four subjects that return most often on these canvases, each with its best-loved example.
6 muzea, v nichž je umístěno nejvíce obrazů z této stránky.
| Muzea | Město | Díla autora Sigmar Polke | Obrazy z tohoto seznamu |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bavarské státní sbírky malby |
Mnichov | 8 | Ice Skater, Audatia, Double Portrait Fabiola |
 Serralves Foundation |
Porto | 3 | Sem título, Sem título, Sem título |
 Kunsthaus Zürich |
Zürich | 1 | Levitation |
 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe |
Karlsruhe | 1 | Sunset with Herons |
 Institut Valencià d'Art Modern |
Valencia | 1 | Sin título (Hochstand) / Torre de vigilancia |
 Buffalo AKG Art Museum |
Buffalo | 1 | Break Domination |
Sigmar Polke's "Sem título" (1968) isn’t merely a photograph; it’s a carefully constructed meditation on observation, displacement, and the unsettling beauty of everyday objects. This seminal work, housed…
In the vast landscape of contemporary art, few names resonate with as much mystery and technical audacity as Sigmar Polke. His masterpiece, Levitation, created in 2005, serves as…
Levitation (2005), Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich. Sem título (1968) and Sem título (1965) follow.
Sigmar Polke, born in 1941, was 64 years old: Levitation dates from 2005.
Levitation, Sem título, Sem título, Sem título, Woman at mirror, Ice Skater, Audatia, Untitled, Sit correctly a Sunday. Each canvas in the ranking above comes with its year and its museum.
54 works by Sigmar Polke are in our catalogue, dated 1965 to 2005.
Mostly in Bavarské státní sbírky malby (Mnichov), Serralves Foundation (Porto) a Kunsthaus Zürich (Zürich); the list above names each museum and its canvases.
In 1960s, which gave 9 of the 52 works on this page, Sem título among them.
The earliest canvas here is Sem título (1965); the latest is Levitation (2005).
Fragmentation (5), Photography (3) a Collage (3), across the 52 works on this page.
Acrylic On Canvas, used in 3 of the 52 works on this page.
Pop art a Capitalist realism, as the canvases on this page show.
The Bavarské státní sbírky malby, Mnichov holds 8 of the works on this page, among them Ice Skater, Audatia a Double Portrait Fabiola.
