Fünf in Köln
Sigmar Polke
1979
Fünf in Köln
Fünf in Köln
Fullscreen
PAUSE
00:00
“Fünf in Köln” 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. ...
Read more
Fünf in Köln
Sigmar Polke
1979
N.p. [Cologne]: Self-published
Unpaginated [26 pages]
29.5 × 21 cm
Edition of c. 30

“Fünf in Köln” 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.


 


For 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.


 


Among its many remarkable elements is an early glimpse of Polke’s fascination with Francisco Goya’s “El tiempo y las viejas” (1812), a painting he would later photograph, revisit, rework, and decompose through his own artistic practice.

N.p. [Cologne]: Self-published
Unpaginated [26 pages]
29.5 × 21 cm
Edition of c. 30

“Fünf in Köln” 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.

 

For 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.

 

Among its many remarkable elements is an early glimpse of Polke’s fascination with Francisco Goya’s “El tiempo y las viejas” (1812), a painting he would later photograph, revisit, rework, and decompose through his own artistic practice.

DESCRIPTION

“Fünf in Köln” 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.

 

For 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.

 

Among its many remarkable elements is an early glimpse of Polke’s fascination with Francisco Goya’s “El tiempo y las viejas” (1812), a painting he would later photograph, revisit, rework, and decompose through his own artistic practice.

N.p. [Cologne]: Self-published
Unpaginated [26 pages]
29.5 × 21 cm
Edition of c. 30

“Fünf in Köln” 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.

 

For 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.

 

Among its many remarkable elements is an early glimpse of Polke’s fascination with Francisco Goya’s “El tiempo y las viejas” (1812), a painting he would later photograph, revisit, rework, and decompose through his own artistic practice.

MORE BOOKS

“Fünf in Köln” 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.

 

For 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.

 

Among its many remarkable elements is an early glimpse of Polke’s fascination with Francisco Goya’s “El tiempo y las viejas” (1812), a painting he would later photograph, revisit, rework, and decompose through his own artistic practice.

MORE BOOKS