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Westheider, Ortrud; Philipp, Michael

 
9783777450018: Gerhard Richter: Images of an Era
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ISBN 10 : 3777450014 ISBN 13 : 9783777450018
Editeur : Hirmer Verlag, 2011

Synopsis

Among German painter Gerhard Richter's best-known works are his large-scale paintings based on--and sometimes applied directly to--photographs. A transplant to West Germany mere months before the erection of the Berlin Wall, Richter sought to understand and represent his new environment through a series of paintings from black-and-white photos culled from newspapers, books, and magazines. These paintings marked a new phase in Richter's remarkable career.

Providing new insight into these complex photo-derived works, Gerhard Richter: Images of an Era presents fifty of the artist's works that cumulatively form an image of Richter's Germany--its hopes and dreams, its new possibilities and memories of the oppressive past. Among the works included here are the fifteen controversial panels from the 18. Oktober 1977 series, which, painted from press photographs, depict moments in the lives and deaths of four imprisoned members of the Red Army Faction. Here, these paintings are newly interpreted within the context of Richter's work. Rounding out the images are essays and commentary by leading experts, as well as a number of Richter's hitherto unprinted letters, including a conversation between Richter and critic and curator Uwe M. Schneede. While Richter earned critical praise throughout his career, it was his photo-paintings that earned him widespread international acclaim. Created to accompany an exhibition on loan at the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg, this volume celebrates these works that marked an unexpected revival of history painting in modern times.

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À propos des auteurs

Ortrud Westheider is director of the Bucerius Kunst Forum, an exhibit hall in Hamburg.



Michael Philipp is curator at the Bucerius Kunst Forum.

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Éditeur
Hirmer Verlag
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3777450014
ISBN 13 
9783777450018
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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