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Artists have a variety of methods to make their mark. Every Friday we will share a photograph of an #ArtistInAction. Sigmar Polke worked in a broad range of mediums from painting to printmaking and from sculpture to film. He blurred the boundaries of printmaking and painting. By dipping a pencil eraser into poster pigment and pressing them on the canvas, which he also referred to as the “grid” technique, the German artist’s created his “raster-dot” paintings. Resembling enlarged images from magazines and newspapers, the raster paintings had a handmade quality while having the appearance of screen prints. Alongside his explorations with traditional mediums, Polke repurposed everyday materials from his use of detergent and synthetic fabrics to his applying enamel paint to bubble wrap. #ArtistInAction #SigmarPolke Sigmar Polke working in his studio on Front of the Housing Block (Häuserfront) 1967 © Estate of Sigmar Polke/DACS 2014, courtesy Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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