Gerhard richter painting

Often referred to as a painter in a photographic age, the work of influential twentieth and twenty-first century artist Gerhard Richter is one whose work still resonates today. I'm particularly fond of his photography based paintings, especially the Firenze series, whereas he smears multi-colored paint over photographs and found images to create these dreamy abstracted landscapes. Enjoy!

Though the artist was previously indirect in his references to the horrors of the Third Reich, he has reason to focus on them now, in a retrospective at the Met Breuer, Peter Schjeldahl writes.

I think this is a great example of creating balance without making the whole composition exactly symmetrical or boring, as there are areas of both light and dark without either overwhelming the oth…

"It's pointless to talk about painting," says Gerhard Richter, partway through Gerhard Richter Painting, a poignant new documentary. Cologne-based filmmaker Corinna Belz's feature-length portrait of one of the world's most celebrated and best-selling artists more or less argues that point. Grounded in the studio, her documentary delves into Richter's process, from the first easy sweeps with the brush, to the slow, heavy dragging of the squeegee. The camera also captures the moments between…

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The Hong Kong Autumn sales will commence in merely one month and Sotheby’s has finally revealed the highlight lot of their Contemporary Art Evening sale. Leading the sale is Gerhard Richter’s masterpiece Abstraktes Bild (649-2) which was painted in the 80s. The piece will appear on the auction st

Colours fuse and split, curdle, judder and smear in the elusive work of a nonagenarian artist still out to surprise

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