Polke, Sigmar,

Alibis : Sigmar Polke 1963-2010 / Sigmar Polke 1963-2010 edited by Kathy Halbreich ; with Mark Godfrey, Lanka Tattersall, and Magnus Schaefer.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 19-August 3, 2014, the Tate Modern, London, England, October 1, 2014-February 8, 2015, and at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, March 14-July 5, 2015. "Published to accompany the first comprehensive retrospective of Polke's work, organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, with Tate Modern, London, and begun with the artist before his death, in 2010"--Accompanying sheet. LC copy lacks accompanying sheet.

Includes bibliographical references (page 301-309) and index.

Polke in context: a chronology / Alibis: an introduction / Eight days a week / From Moderne Kunst to Entartete Kunst: Polke and abstraction / Between practice and product: Polke's films / For hire: Polke's Girlfriends / Higher beings send peas / Impure lineage: Cardboardology / Polke's particles / Photographing in a painterly way: Polke's Bowery photographs / Bad dad / c. 1976 / Partial view: Sigmar Polke's reception in the United States in the 1980s / Sloppy in detail / Making history: Watchtower II and photography / Hallucination machines / Polke's patterns / Sins and precious stones: Polke's windows at Grossmünster / Glenn D. Lowry, Chris Dercon -- Kathy Halbreich -- Kathrin Rottmann -- Kathy Halbreich -- Lanka Tattersall -- Mark Godfrey -- Barbara Engelbach -- Christophe Cherix -- Tacita Dean -- Christian Rattemeyer -- Rachel Jans -- Stefan Gronert -- Jutta Koether -- an interview with Benjamin Buchloh -- Magnus Schaefer -- Matthias Mühling -- Marcelle Polednik -- John Kelsey -- Christine Mehring -- Paul Chan -- Erhard Klein. Foreword / Acknowledgments / Selected bibliography, 1997-2013 /

"Containing over 500 illustrations and published in conjunction with the first comprehensive Polke retrospective (organized by MoMA with the Tate Modern), this catalogue examines the full range of [Sigmar Polke] exceptionally inventive oeuvre. Four essays trace its broad themes and twelve others focus on single works or motifs."--Publisher.

9780870708893 0870708899


Polke, Sigmar--Exhibitions.
Polke, Sigmar, 1941-2010.
Polke, Sigmar.
Polke, Sigmar, 1941-2010.


1900 - 2099


Painting, German--20th century--Exhibitions.
Painting, German--21st century--Exhibitions.
Painting, German.


Exhibition catalogs.

709.2 / POL 2014

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