Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) was an artist of extraordinary versatility, an eccentric humanist with a universal mind. Directing his perception toward the earth, art, history and society, he discovered artistic “truffles” in the marginal and discarded.
With boundless energy, humour and an unquenchable thirst for freedom, this great experimentalist amazes us through the unexpected interactions he makes between painting and photography.

Sigmar Polke – Beneath the cobblestones, the Earth.
Ulf Erdmann Ziegler, Petra Lange-Berndt et Dietmar Rübel, Maria Stavrinaki, Britta Zoellner, Helen Marten, Kathy Halbreich, Laura Owens, Chantal Crousel, Michael Krebber, Trajal Harrell, Nina Pohl, Friedrich Wolfram Heubach, Alvaro Barrington, Margaux Bonopera, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Thomas Kling.
Details
- Pages: 344 p.
- Dimensions: 25,5 x 30,5 cm
- Languages: French, English
- Conception graphique : Studio Marie Lusa
- Publisher: Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles & Distanz
- Date: June 2025
- ISBN: 978-3-95476-753-3
- Price: 45 €
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