Gerhard Richter : a life in painting / Dietmar Elger ; translated by Elizabeth M. Solaro.

Gerhard Richter is one of the most important and influential artists of the postwar era. For decades he has sought innovative ways to make painting more relevant, often through a multifaceted dialog with photography. Today Richter is most widely recognized for the photo-paintings he made during the...

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Main Author: Elger, Dietmar
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Uniform Title:Gerhard Richter, Maler.
Table of Contents:
  • Dresden
  • Capitalist realism
  • Dramatic personae
  • Transformation
  • Uncle Rudi
  • Stylistic rupture as stylistic principle
  • Venice biennale
  • Gray
  • Juno and Janus
  • Sublime landscape, exceptional disaster
  • Hahnwald
  • First look.