Sigmar Polke

  • 1941 - 2010
  • Born in 1941, in Germany
illustration
© Fredrik von Erichsen Deutsche Presse-Agentur/MAXPPP

Born in Silesia, a German province that became part of Poland after World War II, Sigmar Polke moved to West Germany in 1953. Following a brief apprenticeship with a glassmaker, he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he met Gerhard Richter. Polke first used photomechanical dots in his painting in 1963, marking the start of his image manipulations.

In The Collection

Expressionist and contemplative works

Exhibition of the Collection

From 17 December 2014 to 18 May 2015

The second phase in the inaugural hang featured a larger number of works, based on the Expressionist and the Contemplative themes.

In tune with the world

Exhibition of the Collection

From 11 April 2018 to 27 August 2018

For the sixth selection of the Collection, the exhibition "In Tune with the World" unveils throughout the galleries of the Frank Gehry building a new choice of artists, of several different mediums, bringing together modern and contemporary works, most of which have never before been exhibited in these spaces.