Gerhard Richter: 100 Abstract Pictures
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Gerhard Richter: 100 Abstract Pictures
With a career spanning more than sixty years, the renowned painter Gerhard Richter is one of the greatest artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book celebrates the artist's continued dedication to experimentation and innovation.
The Abstract Pictures were created when Richter, a few years ago, poured coloured enamel paints onto a glass plate and allowed them to flow into one another to take shapes. He then captured these ephemeral moments with his camera and selected 100 of these pictures for inclusion in the book alongside equally abstract texts formed by randomly generated letter combinations.
An artwork of its own, this intimate volume inspires both close looking and a beautiful interpretation of abstraction.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781644231111
Publisher: David Zwirner
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 July 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: David Zwirner
Illustration: 100
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 166.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 740g
Pages: 208
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About the Author
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) was born in Dresden, Germany. He studied art at the Dresden Hochschule fΓΌr Bildende KΓΌnste from 1951 to 1956, with mural painting as his concentration. In 1959, he visited documenta II, held in Kassel, Germany, an experience that inspired him to alter his artistic trajectory. After his escape from East Germany in 1961, he completed a second course of study at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in DΓΌsseldorf. There, he united with his fellow students Sigmar Polke, Konrad Lueg, and Manfred Kuttner to collectively form the short-lived "Capitalist Realism" group.
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