POLKE POST 13
HOORAY! Finally! It’s happening: Sigmar Polke would have been celebrating his 80th birthday this year. Since the foundation was established in 2018, we have been looking forward to this anniversary, which we would like to celebrate with you – together with Polke’s friends and associates, other artists, academics, and art aficionados.
ANNIVERSARY PROJECT
by the Anna Polke Foundation to mark the 80th anniversary Sigmar Polke's birth:
EXHIBITION
Productive Image Interference: Sigmar Polke and Artistic Perspectives Today
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 13 November 2021–6 February 2022
with Kerstin Brätsch, Phoebe Collings-James, Raphael Hefti, Camille Henrot, Trevor Paglen, Sigmar Polke, Seth Price, Max Schulze, Avery Singer
Curated by Kathrin Barutzki and Nelly Gawellek (both Anna Polke Foundation) with Gregor Jansen (Kunsthalle Düsseldorf)
FESTIVAL - ONLY DIGITAL
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, 25 November–27 November 2021
with contributions by: Taslima Ahmed, Bice Curiger, Raphael Hefti, Camille Henrot, Alexander Kluge, Doreen Mende, Magnus Schäfer, students of the class of Marxt (formerly Odenbach) and others (Registration until 20 November 2021)
Unfortunately, the face-to-face event has to be cancelled due to the high number of infections. The contributions will be posted online shortly.
OTHER CURRENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Sigmar Polke. I just need a little longer than everything … Sigmar Polke on his 80th birthday, Mike Karstens, Münster, 24 October–18 December 2021
Sigmar Polke. Dualismen, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, 9 October 2021–16 January 2022
Parkett et Sigmar Polke, Luma Foundation, Parkett Archive, Arles, since 30 June 2021
Colours in light. Stained Glass from the 13th to the 21st Century, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, 16 July 2021
–3 April 2022