Sigmar Polke: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
John R. Lane and Charles Wylie (eds.), Sigmar Polke: History of Everything: Paintings and Drawings, 1998β2003 (2003); Gloria Moure, Sigmar Polke: Paintings, Photographs, and Films (2005).
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Lisa S. Wainwright
Lisa Wainwright has held several positions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Dean of Faculty, Vice President of Academic Affairs (present); Interim Dean of Faculty (2007 β 2010); Dean of Graduate Studies (2004 β 2008); Professor, Art History, Theory, and Criticism (2003 - present); Interim Dean of Graduate Studies (2002 β 2004); Undergraduate Division Chair (1996 β 2001). Her educational background: BA, cum laude, 1982, Vanderbilt University; MA, 1986, and PhD, 1993, University of Illinois. Lectures: "Decadent Ornament," Los Angeles; "Rauschenberg and After," Dallas; "Pink Decay: The Femme Fatale in Contemporary Art, " South Carolina; "Ed Paschke and Toulouse Lautrec: Picturing the Demi-Monde," Chicago. Curator: "Ah...Decadence," "From Steel to Flesh"; "2001 Spaced Oddities"; "At Home in the Museum"; "Pink"; "1968."
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 09, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 06, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 29, 2024 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 27, 2021 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: The J. Paul Getty Museum - Sigmar Polke. | Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Guggenheim - Biography of Sigmar Polke. | Aug 13, 2014 | ||
| Updated to include Polke's receipt of the Japan Art Association's Praemium Imperiale prize for painting in 2002. | Feb 03, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The J. Paul Getty Museum - Sigmar Polke. | Aug 09, 2011 | ||
| Added image of Sigmar Polke. | Apr 27, 2011 | ||
| He died on June 10, 2010. | Jun 11, 2010 | ||
| Birth/death information updated. | Apr 21, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| New article added. | Mar 20, 2008 |
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