The Native Forest Floor. Higher Powers Command: Show Polke!
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S+U Friedrichstraße
S Hackescher Markt
U Hausvogteiplatz
U Unter den Linden
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In its historically significant GDR building, the Schinkel Pavilion presents seminal works by Sigmar Polke which speak about the experiences of war, militarization and war and reflect the medium of the image in its mass-media embedding. Polke was interested in visual information and the power of images from an early age and is with his unbroken relevance a role model for artists of younger generations - it is precisely the supposedly historical that proves to be highly topical today.
Showing works from the 1960s to the 2000s, the exhibition brings together paintings, photographs, films and prints - including works that have not been on public display for decades. The political is everywhere in Polke's work. The size of his creative cosmos and his flair for innovation are groundbreaking. Polke anchors his pictorial sources in the reality of newspaper news in order to look far beyond modernism to history with a brash spirit. Polke was not only a precise analyst, but also a critical commentator ahead of his time.
Initiated by Schinkel Pavillon, curated by Bice Curiger.