
Carnival
A carnival scene emerges from Polke's layered interplay of acrylic paint and graphite markings applied over a pre-printed canvas, creating a disorienting collision between mass-produced imagery and gestural mark-making. The work embodies Polke's signature Capitalist Realism aesthetic, where the festive chaos of carnival becomes a vehicle for subverting consumer culture and the boundaries between high and low art. Vibrant passages of paint dissolve into and conflict with the underlying printed surface, evoking the sensory overload and artifice inherent in both carnival spectacle and modern visual culture.
- Medium
- acrylic and graphite on printed canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Evening Sale
June 29, 2015
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