We Petty Bourgeois Comrades and Contemporaries. After the monograph on the Wir Kleinbrger We Petty Bourgeois series comes this detailed documentation of the Sigmar Polke exhibition in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, which was named exhibition of the year in 2009. The ten-piece ensemble of large-format works on paper mark a turning point in the artists oeuvre. The boundaries of good taste are transcended with provocative irony and acerbic wit. The three-part exhibition is based on the Wir Kleinbrger series and includes work by Polkes contemporaries. Clique is dedicated to the artistic exchange of the 1970s, Pop to the way art and pop culture