April 19–August 3, 2014
The Museum of Modern Art presents the first comprehensive
retrospective of Sigmar Polke (German, 1941–2010), encompassing Polke’s work
across all mediums, including painting, photography, film, drawing, prints, and
sculpture. Widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the
postwar generation, Polke possessed an irreverent wit that, coupled with his
exceptional grasp of the properties of his materials, pushed him to experiment
freely with the conventions of art and art history. Constantly searching, Polke
studiously avoided any one signature style or medium; his method exemplified
the definition of alibi, “in or at another place,” which also suggests a
deflection of blame. This exhibition places Polke’s enormous skepticism of all
social, political, and artistic traditions against German history and the
country’s transformation in the postwar period. Four gallery spaces on MoMA’s
second floor are dedicated to the exhibition, which comprises more than 250
works and constitutes one of the largest exhibitions ever organized at the
Museum.
The exhibition is organized chronologically and across
mediums, ranging from the intimacy of a notebook to pieces that test the
architectural scale of most museum galleries. Among the many noted works on
view are 13 films by Polke, including eight which have never before been
available; a performance made for West German television that was last seen
when it aired in 1972; and a group of monumental paintings made entirely of
soot on glass that have never been exhibited in the United States.
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1407
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