About painting : early works / Gerhard Richter ; edited by Christoph Schreier, Kunstmuseum Bonn ; with essays by Stephan Berg, Martin Germann and Christoph Schreier.

Main entry:

Richter, Gerhard, 1932- artist.

Title & Author:

About painting : early works / Gerhard Richter ; edited by Christoph Schreier, Kunstmuseum Bonn ; with essays by Stephan Berg, Martin Germann and Christoph Schreier.

Publication:

Munich : Hirmer, [2017]
©2017

Description:

128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Bonn, June 15-October 1, 2017; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, October 21, 2017-February 18, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references.
In English ; translated from German.

Summary:

"Gerhard Richter (*1932) is an exceptional personality - not because his pictures are world famous, but because he has demonstrated a new approach to painting. His art masterfully moves between abstraction and representation, sensuousness and denial - ambiv alent attitudes which he demonstrated even in his early work. Gerhard Richter's oeuvre overcomes the division between abstract and representational art. His pictures neither cultivate a modest interplay of colours and forms nor do they deliver an intact picture of reality. Richter is a sceptical artist who questions the reality of his art even when the prime subject of his paintings is the tangible. This applies in particular to his door, curtain and window pictures of the 1960s, which form the central focus of this volume. They stage a playful examination of the illusory nature of art, which always questions what painting shows or conceals. This lavishly appointed volume is published to mark the artist's 85th birthday."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9783777428949 (English edition ; pbk.)
3777428949 (English edition ; pbk.)

Subject:

Richter, Gerhard, 1932- Exhibitions.
Richter, Gerhard, 1932-

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Schreier, Christoph, editor, writer of added commentary.
Berg, Stephan, writer of added commentary.
Germann, Martin, writer of added commentary.
Schreier, Christoph editor, writer of added commentary.
Berg, Stephan writer of added commentary.
Lindberg, Steven translator.
Letzler, Ben translator.
Sanchez, David (Translator from German) translator.
Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, host institution.
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent, Belgium), host institution.
Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn host institution, issuing body.
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent, Belgium) host institution, issuing body.

Gerhard Richter, About painting

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300630
Call No.: BIB 246828
Status: Available

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