Hallo Shiva..., Sigmar Polke, 1974
Sigmar Polke, portraitSigmar PolkeGerman, 1941–2010

Hallo Shiva...

1974 · Print

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Where is “Hallo Shiva...” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.

The Museum of Modern Art

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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198.1986

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In the life of Sigmar Polke

The whole life
  1. 30 June 1972 – 8 October 1972

    Exhibition: Documenta 5

  2. 1973

    In the United States with James Lee Byars

    In 1973 Polke travelled to the United States with the artist James Lee Byars in search of the “other” America; the fruit of the journey was a series of manipulated images of homeless alcoholics on New York's Bowery.

  3. 1973

    Move to the Gaspelshof near Willich

    In 1973 Polke moved to the village of Gaspelshof near Willich on the Lower Rhine. The Gaspelshof was an artists' commune where he lived in the early 1970s.

  4. 1974

    A journey through Pakistan and Afghanistan

    In the 1970s Polke made a series of round-the-world journeys, photographing in Paris, New York, Afghanistan and Brazil; in 1974 he travelled through Pakistan and Afghanistan.

  5. 1975

    Painting prize at the São Paulo Biennial

    For the 13th São Paulo Biennial Polke made a series of ten large photographic images, and he won the Biennial's prize for painting.

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