DETAILS
- Artist
- Sigmar Polke
- Date
- 1984
- Location
- Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
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THE ARTIST
Sigmar Polke
Sigmar Polke, a German artist, challenged conventions by blending everyday subjects with mass media imagery and experimenting with chemical reactions in his paintings.
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