Sigmar Polke at David Zwirner Gallery

Iconic German artist Sigmar Polke created this painting the year after a trip that took him around Asia, from Papua New Guinea to Thailand and beyond. Painted on checked fabric, Polke’s hovering, calligraphic mountains compete with a rectangular pattern of curving black splashes, creating an almost mythical realm at center. (At David Zwirner Gallery’s 20th Street location through June 25th).

Sigmar Polke, Magnetische Landschaft (Magnetic Landscape), acrylic and iron mica on fabric, 116 5/8  x114 ½ inches, 1982.
Sigmar Polke, Magnetische Landschaft (Magnetic Landscape), acrylic and iron mica on fabric, 116 5/8 x114 ½ inches, 1982.