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Sigmar Polke — Aktion: 2 Stunden bei Rotlicht, bei Grünlicht
Sigmar Polke

Aktion: 2 Stunden bei Rotlicht, bei Grünlicht

A sheet of printed paper serves as the found ground for Polke's inked interventions, merging commercial or mass-produced imagery with the artist's hand-drawn marks. The title references a durational action — two hours under red light, then green light — suggesting a performative or photographic process embedded within the work's conception. Characteristic of Polke's irreverent engagement with systems and materials, the piece blurs the boundaries between documentation, instruction, and image.

Medium
ink on printed paper

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 15, 2015

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Sigmar Polke, Aktion: 2 Stunden bei Rotlicht, bei Grünlicht

A sheet of printed paper serves as the found ground for Polke's inked interventions, merging commercial or mass-produced imagery with the artist's hand-drawn marks. The title references a durational action — two hours under red light, then green light — suggesting a performative or photographic process embedded within the work's conception. Characteristic of Polke's irreverent engagement with systems and materials, the piece blurs the boundaries between documentation, instruction, and image.

Medium
ink on printed paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Capitalist Realism, Monochrome, German Artist, Postwar Artist, Fluxus Influence, Sardonic Humor, Performance Documentation, Male Artist, Neo-Dadaism, Conceptual Art, Postwar Contemporary, Works on Paper, Found Printed Material, Satirical Tone, Monochromatic, Established Artist, Found Paper, Ink Drawing, Text-Based Art

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Art Institute of Chicago