Catalogue Karlsruhe and Cologne Sigmar Polke, one of the foremost living painters known for his use of surprising materials, loves photography as a media for experimentation. Playing with accidental chemical processes, layered multiple exposures, and purposefully misapplied procedures, Polke creates magical pictures, which are, at their core, always a portent of the source material, the image depicting reality. Schirmer/Mosel. Edited by Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, and Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe. With a text by Jochen Poetter. 92 pages, 69 colour and 73 duotone plates. Size: 24 x 28.5 cm, hardcover. English/German edition.