{"title":"Sigmar Polke","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"hallo-shiva-sigmar-polke","title":"Hallo Shiva - Sigmar Polke","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 1968 screenprint by Sigmar Polke, featuring a dual-register composition that contrasts graphic, comic-inspired imagery with blurred photographic elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eHallo Shiva is a screenprint by the German artist Sigmar Polke, produced in 1968. The work demonstrates the artist's characteristic approach to layering disparate visual languages. The composition is divided into two distinct horizontal registers. The upper section features a repetitive, comic-book style sequence of a figure emerging from a planetary form, rendered in flat, pastel-toned colours. This graphic imagery contrasts with the lower register, which incorporates photographic elements that appear blurred and overlaid, suggesting a sense of cinematic movement or fragmented memory.\n\nPolke was a co-founder of the Capitalist Realism movement in Germany, a style that engaged with the consumerist culture of the post-war era through irony and appropriation. In this print, the juxtaposition of the whimsical, cartoonish upper panels with the more ambiguous, grounded photographic imagery below creates a tension between the artificial and the real. The work avoids a singular narrative, instead inviting the viewer to consider the relationship between mass-produced imagery and personal experience. By combining these varied modes of representation, Polke questions the stability of the image and the ways in which visual information is consumed and interpreted.\n\nThis piece reflects the experimental nature of Polke's printmaking practice during the late 1960s. He often utilised unconventional techniques and materials to challenge traditional notions of fine art. The use of screenprinting allows for the clean, graphic lines of the upper register to sit alongside the softer, more atmospheric quality of the photographic elements. The result is a work that feels both playful and critical, typical of the artist's broader output during this period. It remains a clear example of how Polke manipulated existing visual codes to create new, often enigmatic, meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sigmar Polke","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58054553829711,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ -","offer_id":58054570639695,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ -","offer_id":58054570672463,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ B2 (50x70 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58054570705231,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A1 (59.4 x 84.1  cm) \/ -","offer_id":58054570737999,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Hallo-Shiva_Poster_CompositorV1_1782434886988.jpg?v=1782442477"},{"product_id":"untitled-lens-painting-sigmar-polke","title":"Untitled (Lens Painting) - Sigmar Polke","description":"\u003cp\u003eA striking example of Sigmar Polke's experimental approach, this work blends mass-produced textile patterns with fluid, distorted painterly interventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eSigmar Polke, a central figure in the German post-war art scene, produced this work as part of his experimental series involving synthetic fabrics and chemical reactions. The composition utilises pre-patterned textiles, specifically mass-produced fabrics featuring geometric chevrons and damask-like motifs, as the primary support. By applying layers of paint and resin, Polke obscures and reveals the underlying patterns, creating a tension between the decorative surface and the painterly intervention.\n\nThe work incorporates the artist's interest in optical distortion and material instability. The white, fluid forms applied over the fabric suggest a lens-like effect, warping the viewer's perception of the rigid, repetitive patterns beneath. Polke often employed unconventional materials, including lacquer, silver nitrate, and industrial pigments, to ensure the work remained in a state of flux. This approach reflects his broader interest in the fallibility of visual information and the subjective nature of perception.\n\nIn this piece, the juxtaposition of the red damask pattern on the left and the blue chevron design on the right creates a stark visual contrast, bridged by a central strip of circular, colourful motifs. The white, amorphous shape that cuts across the right side of the canvas acts as a disruptive element, challenging the order of the textile design. Polke avoids traditional painterly techniques, opting instead for a process-oriented method that prioritises the interaction between chemical substances and the chosen substrate. The result is a complex visual field that invites the viewer to question the authenticity of the image and the reliability of the medium itself. This print captures the texture and layered quality of the original, preserving the interplay between the industrial fabric and the artist's gestural marks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sigmar Polke","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Small Square (30x30 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58054575259983,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Medium Square (40x40 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58054577488207,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Large Square (50x50 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58054577520975,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Untitled-Lens-Painting-_Poster_CompositorV1_1782435725698.jpg?v=1782443316"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.solisprints.com\/collections\/sigmar-polke.oembed","provider":"Solis Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}