与此同时，在Sigmar Polke的生活中
完整生平1977–1991
Professor at the Hamburg Academy
From 1977 to 1991 Polke was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg; his students included Georg Herold.
1980s
Back to painting: chemistry and chance
Returning to painting in the 1980s, Polke mixed pigments with solvents, varnishes, toxins and resins to provoke spontaneous chemical reactions; he soaked fabric in resin to make it transparent and left the composition to the colours themselves, tilting the canvas.
1986
The Golden Lion at Venice for “The Alchemist's Cauldron”
In the German pavilion at the 42nd Venice Biennale Polke painted an abstract composition on the wall in a special mixture whose colours changed with the light, weather, humidity and the number of visitors: a full room turned the wall blue, gathering clouds turned it pink. For “The Alchemist's Cauldron” the jury gave him the Golden Lion for painting, shared with Frank Auerbach.
1987
Warhol, Beuys, Polke in Milwaukee
In 1987 the Milwaukee Art Museum brought Warhol, Beuys and Polke together in one show.
1988
Baden-Württemberg International Prize
In 1988 Polke received the Baden-Württemberg International Prize for Painting.
1990–1992
Major solo shows in the US and Europe
Major solo exhibitions of Polke's work were held in the United States (1990–1992) and Amsterdam (1992), then in Bonn and Berlin (1997) and at Humlebæk in Denmark (2001); from then on everything he did drew universal attention and admiration.
