Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
March 2022
March 5–June 19, 2022 The Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe, in cooperation with Artforum and Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, presents Sigmar Polke. Dualismen: a comprehensive exhibition providing significant insight into Polke's multifaceted work from 1963 to 2009. Focusing on the basic principles of his creative output, the concept of dualism, integral to Polke's oeuvre, is explored and interrogated. The works demonstrate the artist's desire to overcome and bridge the divide between supposed contradictions and polarities within culture and aesthetics—what divides high and low is interrogated and challenged. Sigmar Polke’s practice and artistic output are diverse and wide-ranging, from drawing, painting, photography, film, sculpture, and print. His career favors experimentation and indeterminateness as he expanded his creative identity beyond the limits of medium and tradition. He created large-format individual works and extensive series, drawing upon the specific possibilities inherent in each medium and combining them in various ways. Sigmar Polke. Dualismen allows audiences to explore Polke’s expansive breadth of work within a singular experience. Learn more at Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe.