DETTO TRA NOI 1
Sigmar Polke, Objekt Kartoffelhaus, 1967-90
DETTO TRA NOI 1
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Sigmar Polke writes, on the occasion of an exhibition of his work in 1976, that if there is anything in this world that can symbolise creativity and change, it is nature, with all its fruits. It is no accident that Polke makes a series of works with potatoes, magic tubers capable of growing in a completely spontaneous way, even in the dark or far from the earth. For Polke, nature is like a primal artist. One of his works made with potatoes is Objekt Kartoffelhaus: it is a simple garden shed on which Polke applies real potatoes which flower, creating bizarre forms and creating thousands of colours: from pink to yellow, green to brown, passing through various colours that typify a fruit uprooted from the earth. The freedom of nature and the infinite changes of the potatoes contrast with the wooden structure that support it, which is precise, minimal and perfect but incabale to cage in the uncontrollable force.