William Cook

Tate Modern’s latest show feels like it’s from another planet

William Cook finds a German extraterrestrial, Sigmar Polke, exhibiting at the Tate

Supermarkets' (1976), by Sigmar Polke. Picture: The Estate of Sigmar Polke 
issue 18 October 2014
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  • Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010

    Tate Modern, until 8 February 2015

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