AR Penck, Figurative Komposition

AR Penck, Figurative Komposition
AR Penck, Figurative Composition
Arrangement of figures and signs typical of the artist, colour silkscreen, circa 1990, signed in pencil on the right under the image "AR. Penck" and numbered "185/200" on the left, somewhat creased, framed behind glass, folding dimensions approx. 60 x 80.5 cm. Artist info: with real name Ralf Winkler, also used the pseudonyms "Mike Hammer", "T.M.", "Mickey Spilane", "a.Y." or "Y", German painter, graphic artist and object designer. Painter, graphic artist and object artist (1939 Dresden to 2017 Zurich), 1953-54 painting and drawing lessons with Jürgen Böttchen (Strawalde), from 1956 the artist applied four times without success to the art academies in Dresden and Berlin, 1955-56 apprenticeship as draughtsman at DEWAG, after breaking off the apprenticeship worked in various professions, 1966 admitted as candidate for the VBK of the GDR and renamed "A. R. Penck", 1971 member of the "Künstlergruppe Lücke", 1976 encounter with Jörg Immendorff, from this time onwards he campaigned for the abolition of the inner-German border, 1980 expatriation from the GDR, 1981 awarded the Rembrandt Prize of the Goethe Foundation Basel, 1983 move to London, 1988 appointed professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, lives in Dublin since 2003, participated in documenta 5, 7 and 9, source: Wikipedia and Internet.