The current exhibition marks the return to abstract painting that has been at the core of Gerhard Richter’s practice since he returned to the brush and squeegee in 2014, following a period of exploration from 2008 forward of digital technologies applied to painting in the Strips — and chance techniques in the poured lacquer Reverse Glass works. Continue reading Gerhard Richter
+ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Richter is interested in what pictures mean—not the spectacle of the image itself. His Birkenau series was based on four photographs smuggled from Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi death camp, in 1944. Continue reading Gerhard Richter
Richter’s paintings range from figurative images based on photographs to complex abstractions. Continue reading Gerhard Richter
Over the course of three decades, Richter created seascapes in different formats, colors, and styles: from abstract seascapes in which the horizon can barely be made out to those in which the photographic realism of the sky is only nuanced by an ambiguous light. Shrouded in clouds or totally still, his skies occupy much of the canvas in his seascapes and are only occasionally eclipsed by the sea. Continue reading Gerhard Richter
+ GOMA
In his career-long exploration of the relationship between painting and photography, Richter reveals the potent currency of the reproduced image. His works encompass realism based on photographs and magazine cuttings, large-scale abstracts produced by dragging layers of paint across the canvas, romantic landscapes and overpainted photographs. This willingness to experiment marks him as a significant force in the revitalisation of painting in contemporary art. Continue reading Gerhard Richter
