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Sigmar Polke: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

John R. Lane and Charles Wylie (eds.), Sigmar Polke: History of Everything: Paintings and Drawings, 1998–2003 (2003); Gloria Moure, Sigmar Polke: Paintings, Photographs, and Films (2005).

Lisa S. Wainwright

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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 – 2010); Dean of Graduate Studies (2004 – 2008); Professor, Art History, Theory, and Criticism (2003 - present); Interim Dean of Graduate Studies (2002 – 2004); Undergraduate Division Chair (1996 – 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. Jun 06, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 29, 2024
Anniversary information added. Feb 09, 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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