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| Caspar David Friedrich, Two Men Contemplating the Moon, 1825-30, Oil on canvas, 13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm) |
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| Sigmar Polke, Lappländische Reise II (Lapland Journey II), 1984 Acrylic, oil, resin, pigment on canvas 78 7/8 x 102 3/8 inches (200.3 x 260 cm) |
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| Sigmar Polke, Druckfehler / Landschaft (Printing Error / Landscape), 1988, Resin and acrylic on fabric, 51 1/8 x 59 inches (129.9 x 149.9 cm) |
I interrupted a pompous 20something art aficionado/theory-hack who was describing the work to a friend in terms of "the abject", to say that the best way to understand Polke was to think of Herzog or any well educated German man born during the war and now alone in the desert, or in the jungle, or at sea, or on the ice, tripping on acid and screaming lyric poetry into the void. The pompous kid looked over his glasses and said, "I'm not familiar with his films."
Herzog, and Richter and Polke [see also: Kitler]
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