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Sigmar Polke

Sigmar Polke (1941 - 2010) was active/lived in Germany.  Sigmar Polke is known for Pop art painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography.

The following obituary is from The New York Times:

Sigmar Polke, Whose Sly Works Shaped Contemporary Painting, Dies at 69
By ROBERTA SMITH
Published: June 11, 2010

Sigmar Polke, an artist of infinite, often ravishing pictorial jest, whose sarcastic and vibrant layering of found images and maverick painting processes left an indelible mark on the last four decades of contemporary painting, died Thursday in Cologne, Germany. He was 69.

The cause was complications from cancer, said Gordon VeneKlasen, a partner at the Michael Werner Gallery New York which, along with Galerie Michael Werner in Cologne, has been Mr. Polke's chief representative for nearly 20 years.

Mr. Polke (pronounced POLL-ka) was nearly as influential as Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol, the postwar titans who made his own work possible. And ultimately his influence could even exceed theirs through its sheer diversity, stylistic promisc   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9371 characters.]  Artist bio

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