Gerhard Richter

by Richter, Gerhard (ART); Godfrey, Mark; Serota, Nicholas; Brill, Dorothee (CON); Morineau, Camille (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781935202714
• ISBN10: 1935202715
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-31
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Gerhard Richter: Panoramais the first and most complete overview of one of the greatest artistic achievements of our times. Where previous monographs have focused on a single genre within Richter's vast output, this stunningly illustrated survey encompasses his entire oeuvre, now stretching across more than a half-century of activity, including photo-paintings, abstracts, landscapes and seascapes, portraits, glass and mirror works, sculptures, drawings and photographs. It therefore stands as the definitive portrait of Richter's colossal accomplishment to date. Alongside his celebrated abstractions, early black-and-white paintings and the photorealist depictions of candles, skulls and clouds that have become indisputable icons of modern painting, Panoramaincludes nearly 30 new paintings made over the past ten years, extensive comparative works, studio photographs, archival images and a substantial interview with the artist conducted by Nicholas Serota. Published on the occasion of Richter's major touring exhibition in Europe, this landmark publication is a fitting tribute to one of the world's most celebrated living artists. Born in Dresden, East Germany, in 1932, Gerhard Richtermigrated to West Germany in 1961, settling in Düsseldorf, where he studied at the Düsseldorf Academy, and where he held his first solo exhibition in 1963. Over the course of that decade, Richter helped to liberate painting from the legacy of Socialist Realism (in Eastern Germany) and Abstract Expressionism (in Western Germany and throughout Europe). He has exhibited internationally for the last five decades, with retrospectives in New York, Paris and Düsseldorf. He lives and works in Cologne.