Starfighter I, from Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus (Graphics of Capitalist Realism) portfolio

Wolf Vostell

1967 (published 1968)

Color screenprint with glitter on thin board

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Wolf Vostell screenprint Starfighter I is one of six prints produced by six artists comprising the widely acclaimed portfolio Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus (Graphics of Capitalist Realism). Published in Berlin in 1968, this portfolio of graphic art also featured the work of the German artists Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Konrad Lueg, K.H. Hodicke, and K.P. Brehmer, who were the founders and chief proponents of the Capitalist Realism movement. It remains the definitive graphic statement of this politically-inspired artist group. The subject of Vostell’s screenprint is the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic fighter jet