SIGMAR POLKE (1941–2010)
Polke’s mischievous, genre-defying work blurred the lines between Pop, abstraction, and alchemy. He used unconventional materials—meteor dust, uranium, bubble wrap—mixing media and meaning. An irreverent chronicler of postwar Europe, he co-founded Capitalist Realism as a counter to both Pop Art and Soviet aesthetics. His legacy lives at Tate Modern, MoMA, and the Städel Museum in Frankfurt."When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
ATEMPORAL CULTURE