http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90748/sigmar-polke-frau-herbst-und-ihre-zwei-t-ouml-chter-mrs-autumn-and-her-two-daughters-1991 ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Sigmar Polke, <i>Frau Herbst und ihre zwei T&ouml;chter (Mrs. Autumn and Her Two Daughters)</i> (1991) http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90748/sigmar-polke-frau-herbst-und-ihre-zwei-t-ouml-chter-mrs-autumn-and-her-two-daughters-1991 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90748/sigmar-polke-frau-herbst-und-ihre-zwei-t-ouml-chter-mrs-autumn-and-her-two-daughters-1991 Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Sigmar Polke, <i>Frau Herbst und ihre zwei T&ouml;chter (Mrs. Autumn and Her Two Daughters)</i> (1991)</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Walker Art Center</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2002</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Walker Art Center</td> </tr> </table><br/>"I pile everything up, all the accumulated material . . . all the things from my travels . . . and when the room is filled, I lock it up and move on to an empty one . . . I have done this all my life. When I was seven the war broke out and the village I lived in was right on the Russian front. We had to leave immediately and left everything behind. I still remember the drawer of my table with all my things in it: pieces of wood I carved, stones, seeds, a stuffed owl . . . all left." --Sigmar Polke, 1992 <p>Sigmar Polke has emerged as one of the most important artists of postwar Germany. In 1963, he and other German artists founded a movement called Capitalist Realism--a parody of American Pop Art. In the mid-1980s, he began exploring the medium of photography, which led to his grand-scale pictures made with intentionally unstable chemicals and his use of transparent painting surfaces.</p> <p>In <i>Frau Herbst und ihre zwei Töchter (Mrs. Autumn and Her Two Daughters)</i>, Polke combines a mysterious image from a book of 19th-century engravings with an abstract surface. The image is fanciful, almost surreal, perhaps depicting a mother explaining to her children where snow comes from, or the fairylike beings that produce snow. In contrast, the gorgeous abstraction, painted on transparent fabric, suggests clouds, sky, and an almost spiritual emanation of light.</p> http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90748/sigmar-polke-frau-herbst-und-ihre-zwei-t-ouml-chter-mrs-autumn-and-her-two-daughters-1991 "I pile everything up, all the accumulated material . . . all the things from my travels . . . and when the room is filled, I lock it up and move on to an empty one . . . I have done this all my life. When I was seven the war broke out and the village I lived in was right on the Russian front. We had to leave immediately and left everything behind. I still remember the drawer of my table with all my things in it: pieces of wood I carved, stones, seeds, a stuffed owl . . . all left." --Sigmar Polke, 1992 Sigmar Polke has emerged as one of the most important artists of postwar Germany. In 1963, he and other German artists founded a movement called Capitalist Realism--a parody of American Pop Art. In the mid-1980s, he began exploring the medium of photography, which led to his grand-scale pictures made with intentionally unstable chemicals and his use of transparent painting surfaces. In Frau Herbst und ihre zwei Töchter (Mrs. Autumn and Her Two Daughters), Polke combines a mysterious image from a book of 19th-century engravings with an abstract surface. The image is fanciful, almost surreal, perhaps depicting a mother explaining to her children where snow comes from, or the fairylike beings that produce snow. In contrast, the gorgeous abstraction, painted on transparent fabric, suggests clouds, sky, and an almost spiritual emanation of light. " type="image/jpeg" />"I pile everything up, all the accumulated material . . . all the things from my travels . . . and when the room is filled, I lock it up and move on to an empty one . . . I have done this all my life. When I was seven the war broke out and the village I lived in was right on the Russian front. We had to leave immediately and left everything behind. I still remember the drawer of my table with all my things in it: pieces of wood I carved, stones, seeds, a stuffed owl . . . all left." --Sigmar Polke, 1992 Sigmar Polke has emerged as one of the most important artists of postwar Germany. In 1963, he and other German artists founded a movement called Capitalist Realism--a parody of American Pop Art. In the mid-1980s, he began exploring the medium of photography, which led to his grand-scale pictures made with intentionally unstable chemicals and his use of transparent painting surfaces. In Frau Herbst und ihre zwei Töchter (Mrs. Autumn and Her Two Daughters), Polke combines a mysterious image from a book of 19th-century engravings with an abstract surface. The image is fanciful, almost surreal, perhaps depicting a mother explaining to her children where snow comes from, or the fairylike beings that produce snow. In contrast, the gorgeous abstraction, painted on transparent fabric, suggests clouds, sky, and an almost spiritual emanation of light. " type="image/jpeg" />Copyright 2002 Walker Art CenterWalker Art Center