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Sigmar Polke, Sauberes Auto, Gute Laune (Clean Car, High Spirits), 2002
Sigmar Polke, Sauberes Auto, Gute Laune (Clean Car, High Spirits), 2002
As an example of early
appropriation, Polke,
working in his style of
“Capitalist Realism,”
offered an ironic
critique of consumerism
in post-war Germany. Some
of his best-known works
were his collages of
imagery from popular
culture and advertising.