Katharina Sieverding (1941) - Kontinentalkern

visually intense serigraph by Katharina Sieverding is a powerful example of her practice that often merges photography, abstraction, and socio-political commentary. Titled Kontinentalkern and created in 1990, the work presents a rich composition of saturated red, yellow, and black tones, evoking both volcanic energy and post-industrial texture. The print is executed on thick cardboard and hand-signed, dated, and numbered by the artist (50/50).

Katharina Sieverding is one of the most influential figures in post-war German art, known for her radical photographic self-portraits and politically charged imagery. A student of Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

Her work resonates with the broader trajectories of conceptual and feminist art, aligning her with figures such as Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Martha Rosler, and VALIE Export. Her bold use of scale and layered symbolism also recalls the experimental sensibilities of artists like Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer, and Bruce Nauman.

Additional related names that contextualize this work within German post-war and contemporary visual culture include: Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Georg Baselitz, Neo Rauch, Markus Lüpertz, Emil Schumacher, A.R. Penck, Walter Stöhrer, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Otto Piene, Heinz Mack, Gotthard Graubner, Norbert Bisky, Jonathan Meese, Karin Kneffel, Ulrike Rosenbach, Franz Erhard Walther, Erwin Heerich, Dieter Roth, Wolf Vostell, Peter Roehr, Cornelia Schleime, Michael Morgner, and Eugen Schönebeck.

This limited edition print is an example of Sieverding’s abstract and expressive phase.

Minimal folding around the edges. Due to size surprasing 100 cm in one lateral for packaging i will send it in a extra wide roller hard cardboard tube.

It is not framed.