Sigmar Polke (1941-2010)

‘ [Polke’s] work emanates the stuff of life – it’s music. His work is a font of ideas. Any one move can provide a career for a lesser artist. He is a font; a treasury. The roller coaster ride he takes one on with various stops for high and low culture is unpredictable, brash, and irreverent. Giotto and Matisse have long been in my pantheon. I’m thinking of adding a third – Polke. He makes me glad that I’m an artist.’
– John Baldessari