Apparatus Whereby One Potato Can Orbit Another 1969 — Fine Art

A metal rig with two round shapes sits at the centre of the printed sheet. Sigmar Polke draws the machine in thin lines and patches of solid colour. The marks on Apparatus Whereby One Potato Can Orbit Another 1969 feel quick and uneven, as if the pen moved fast and stopped mid stroke.

You get the fine art print with a hanger already on the back. The sheet arrives ready to hang, with a metal hanger fitted to the back that goes straight onto a nail or screw.

On a kitchen wall near the kettle the drawn rig reads as a small diagram above the counter. You notice the uneven pen lines first, then the two round shapes, while the kettle hums beside it.