Gerhard Richter : Abstraction
Regular price $35.00A handsome book exploring the abstract processes of the artist, Gerhard Richter
Accompanying an exhibition of the new Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany, this publication is the first to focus solely on the abstract strategies and processes contained in Gerhard Richter's body of work. In the early 1960s, the artist began to call painting into question, an exploration that continues to occupy him to this day. In the 1970s, he responded to the rejection of painting by creating a series of monochrome works in grey.
Moreover, he viewed the colour grey as a means of addressing political themes without depicting them in an idealized manner. In his Inpainting series of the 1970s, Richter made brushstrokes and the application of paint his subject. In other works, he photographed small details from his palette and transferred them onto large canvases in a photorealistic manner.
In his colour charts, he subjected painting to an objective process by leaving the arrangement of the colours to chance. Since 1976, Richter has created a series of abstract works by applying paint with a brush, scraper, and palette knife, alternating between conscious decision-making and random processes.
Details
- Author: Ortrud Westheider, Director of Museum Barberini.
- Hardcover: 248 pages | 230 illustrations
- Date published: July 2020
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-3791359922
- Product Dimensions: 30.6 x 24.9 cm
