Description: Sigmar Polke : Girlfriends, Paperback by Gronert, Stefan, ISBN 1846381827, ISBN-13 9781846381829, Brand New, Free shipping in the US An illustrated exploration of Girlfriends (1965/66), one of Sigmar Polke's important early paintings. The artist Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) worked across a broad range of media—including photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and film—and in styles that varied from abstract expressionism to Pop. This volume in Afterall's One Work series offers an illustrated exploration of Freundinnen (Girlfriends 1965/66), one of Polke's important early paintings. Taken from a found image of two young women, and using the raster dots also found in mass media reproductions, Girlfriends offers a statement about the use and social function of images. Stefan Gronert approaches Girlfriends through its deliberate and elusive ambiguity, providing technical detail and historical background that allow some of the work's motivation and depth to become clearer. Gronert analyzes Polke's relationship to his tutors and peers, especially Gerhard Richter; describes the art historical context in which Polke worked; and discusses some of the social and political issues to which Girlfriends refers. Considering such topics as the distinction between Polke and Alain Jacquet in their use of photographed material, between Polke's use of the raster technique and that of Roy Lichtenstein, and the feminist discourse of the time, Gronert draws on a variety of critical interpretations of Polke's work, including some material that has not yet been translated into English.
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Book Title: Sigmar Polke : Girlfriends
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Afterall Publishing
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.3 in
Topic: Individual Artists / General, History / Contemporary (1945-), Individual Artists / Monographs, European
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art
Item Weight: 2.2 Oz
Author: Stefan Gronert
Item Length: 8.2 in
Book Series: Afterall Books / One Work Ser.
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
