{"title":"Sigmar Polke","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"funf-in-koln","title":"Fünf in Köln","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eFünf in Köln\u003c\/em\u003e was a seminal 1979 group exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne, featuring Michael Buthe, Ulrike Rosenbach, Gerhard Rühm, Alf Schuler, and a young Sigmar Polke, before he attained wider international recognition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the occasion, Polke self-published an experimental catalogue composed of newspaper clippings, small collages, juxtaposed drawings, and double-printed images. The catalogue was never issued as an official exhibition booklet; instead, Polke produced approximately 30 photocopies for friends and close attendees. Today, it stands as an exceptionally rare artist publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmong its many remarkable elements is an early glimpse of Polke’s fascination with Francisco Goya’s \u003cem\u003eEl tiempo y las viejas\u003c\/em\u003e (1812), a painting he would later photograph, revisit, rework, and decompose through his own artistic practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54667902845267,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/DSC4468.png?v=1787479703"}],"url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/collections\/sigmar-polke.oembed","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}