Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Abstraction
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| Other authors / contributors: | Westheider, Ortrud, editor.
Philipp, Michael, 1962- editor.
Elger, Dietmar, exhibitioner.
Hortolani, Valerie, exhibitioner.
Bretz, Janice, contributor.
Lindberg, Steven, translator.
Moseley, Allison, translator.
Vanovitch, Katherine, translator.
Museum Barberini (Potsdam, Germany), hosting institution.
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| ISBN: | 9783791357454
379135745X
9783791368313
3791368311
9783791357447
3791357441
9783791368306
3791368303
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| Notes: | Catalog of an exhibition held at Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany, June 30 - October 21, 2018.
"A publication series by the Museum Barberini."
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary: | This publication is the first to focus solely on the abstract strategies and processes contained in Gerhard Richter's body of work. In the early 1960s, the artist began to call painting into question, an exploration that continues to occupy him to this day. In the 1970s, he responded to the rejection of painting by creating a series of monochrome works in gray. Moreover, he viewed the color gray as a means of addressing political themes without depicting them in an idealized manner. In his Inpainting series of the 1970s, Richter made brushstrokes and the application of paint his subject. In other works, he photographed small details from his palette and transferred them onto large canvases in a photorealistic manner. In his color charts, he subjected painting to an objective process by leaving the arrangement of the colors to chance. Since 1976, Richter has created a series of abstract works by applying paint with a brush, scraper, and palette knife, alternating between conscious decision-making and random processes. Exhibition: Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany (30.06. - 07.10.2018).
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