Fw: PRESS RELEASE: Lecture by Dr. Martin Hentschel: Raster Dots & Misprints. The Metamorphosis of Sigmar Polke's Painting.

> Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 11:47 AM
> Greetings from the
> Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan!
>
> We are happy to welcome Dr. Martin Hentschel, Director of
> the Art Museums of Krefeld, Germany who will deliver a
> Lecture titled "Raster Dots & Misprints. The
> Metamorphosis of Sigmar Polke's Painting.". Dr. Hentschel is
> in the City in connection with the exhibition currently on
> display at the Bhavan "Sigmar Polke - Music from an Unknown
> Source".
>
> Event:    Lecture by Dr. Martin Hentschel:
> Raster Dots & Misprints. The Metamorphosis of Sigmar
> Polke's Painting
> Date:        December 4,
> 2009
> Time:        6.30 p.m.
> Venue:    Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller
> Bhavan
>
> All are welcome!
> More information at the Bhavan: 2520 5305/6/7/8 or on our
> website: www.goethe.de/bangalore
>
> "I like the way that the dots in a magnified picture swim
> and move about. The way that motifs change from recognisable
> to unrecognisable, the undecided, ambiguous nature of the
> situation, the way it remains open. ... Lots of dots
> vibrating, resonating, blurring, re-emerging, thoughts of
> radio signals, radio pictures and television come to mind."
>
>
> That is how Sigmar Polke talks about his own exhibition
> "Rasterdots and Misprints" and with that he also refers to
> one of the main aspects of his work. Besides the use of
> pictures of print media, it is mainly the gambling with
> possibilities of perception which marks his paintings.
>
> In his Lecture "Raster Dots & Misprints. The
> Metamorphosis of Sigmar Polke's Painting", Dr. Martin
> Hentschel, German art historian and Polke expert will
> outline possible associations and opportunities of
> perception. It is important to emphasise his claim to point
> out how the rasterdot as kind of a misprint, is a central
> mean of expression in the artistic work of Polke. The
> lecture also tries to trace to what extent Polke's work
> attempts to create a new possibility of perception, which
> can be declared as critical towards society.
>
> While in Bangalore, Dr. Hentschel will also conduct a
> Workshop on December 5, 2009 for art students titled "Irony
> and Metamorphoses in the early Drawings of Sigmar Polke".
>
> Dr. Martin Hentschel:
> Dr. Martin Hentschel studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy
> under Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich from 1970 to 1977. In
> 1974 he became a master scholar. He earned his doctorate in
> 1991 at Ruhr-University Bochum on the work of Sigmar Polke,
> which will be the focus of both of the Lecture and the
> Workshop in Bangalore. Dr. Hentschel was Director of the Art
> Association Stuttgart and took care of the general
> exhibition "Adventures of Painting" in collaboration with
> Raimund Stecker. Since 2001 he is Director of the Art
> Museums of Krefeld.
>
> We take this opportunity to invite you to the Lecture and
> request you to announce the event in your columns. For
> interviews with Dr. Hentschel, please contact me:
> 9243100911
>
> Thank you in anticipation for your cooperation.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Maureen Gonsalves
> Programme Coordinator
> Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan
> 716 CMH Road
> Indiranagar 1st Stage
> Bangalore 560 038
> Ph: +91 80 2520 5305/06/07/08-203
> Fax: +91 80 2520 5309
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