Layering Investigation
Layering Investigation In class we were given a lot of artists to base our investigation on, and while we were supposed to only focus on one person and their works, I found interest in a specific work of art by each of them, and decided I'd base my investigation on that. I'll start with Sigmar Polke To be honest I was immediately drawn in when I saw this image. There's something that was so mesmerizing about this piece that it ke pt grabbing my attention even when there was about 10 other works also showing on that part of the Google Image page. The title of this work is Magnetische Landschaft (Magnetic Landscape in English). I couldn't find more on the specific painting, other then it was created in 1982, however I did find a website detailing Polke's biography. He was born in Poland, 1941, but quickly had to flee with his family after the expulsion of Germans after the second world war. I think these events heavily influenced his art, because from w...