It was Gerhard Richter’s 80 birthday yesterday, surely an occasion to bring into mind one of the world's finest and most interesting artists. His versatility can be seen here: Drawings, abstracts, photorealism, glass and mirror work, color chart paintings and more.
I’ve seen his Cathedral windows in Cologne, and went to his retrospective in Vienna in 2009 .
There are exhibitions and retrospectives of Richter all over the world, from Berlin to Beirut, from Ecuador to France.
Sotheby’s recently sold a group of abstract canvases by Mr. Richter for $20.8 million.
Stephen Hough saw the show in London.
Here's small selection of the many videos about Gerhard Richter:
A Life in Painting
Interview with Gerhard Richter
Here's the trailer to a 2011 film about Richter.
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Here’s a video from this recent retrospective at the Tate Modern.
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2/18/2009
Gerhard Richter again
After having seen the beautiful glass windows of the Cologne Cathedral created by Gerhard Richter we went to the Albertina retrospective in Vienna.
“I pursue no objectives, no system, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction…. I steer clear of definitions. I don’t know what I want. I am inconsistent, non-committal, passive; I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty", says Richter who leads the list of the most sought-after painters in the world, followed by Bruce Nauman, Sigmar Polke and Georg Baselitz.
He may not pursue anything, but the effects are pretty strong. His versatility impressed me most. The Albertina shows about 150 photorealistic paintings, abstract oil paintings, watercolours and drawings and covers many different phases of a painter's life.
I might go there for a second time.
“I pursue no objectives, no system, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction…. I steer clear of definitions. I don’t know what I want. I am inconsistent, non-committal, passive; I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty", says Richter who leads the list of the most sought-after painters in the world, followed by Bruce Nauman, Sigmar Polke and Georg Baselitz.
He may not pursue anything, but the effects are pretty strong. His versatility impressed me most. The Albertina shows about 150 photorealistic paintings, abstract oil paintings, watercolours and drawings and covers many different phases of a painter's life.
I might go there for a second time.
2/05/2009
Cologne Cathedral
We went to Cologne yesterday, to see several exhibitions, but mainly to see the Richter Windows in the Cologne Cathedral. The Cathedral is Cologne’s most famous landmark, a World Heritage Site, one of the world’s largest and oldest churches. Very, very impressive, if you stand before it and have a look upwards is almost overwhelming.
In August 2007 the cathedral received a new stained glass window to replace the original window destroyed in World War II. The window was created by one of the most famous German painters, Gerhard Richter. He’s also among the 10 most expensive living artists. In February 2008, for example, the „Candle“ which was used for the cover of the album „Daydream Nation“ (Sonic Youth) was sold for £7.1m at Sotheby’s.
The window is 20 m tall and consists of 11,500 handblown glass squares resembling pixels in 72 different colours which were chosen to match the colours in the other stained glass windows in the cathedral.
It’s a modern window, of course, but it blends in beautifully with the old windows and the surroundings. The effects of the light coming in through the pixels was beautiful even if there was a rainy day outside. Just magic.
Here you ou can take a a virtual tour in the cathedral.
Here’s Gerhard Richter’s official page.
In August 2007 the cathedral received a new stained glass window to replace the original window destroyed in World War II. The window was created by one of the most famous German painters, Gerhard Richter. He’s also among the 10 most expensive living artists. In February 2008, for example, the „Candle“ which was used for the cover of the album „Daydream Nation“ (Sonic Youth) was sold for £7.1m at Sotheby’s.
The window is 20 m tall and consists of 11,500 handblown glass squares resembling pixels in 72 different colours which were chosen to match the colours in the other stained glass windows in the cathedral.
It’s a modern window, of course, but it blends in beautifully with the old windows and the surroundings. The effects of the light coming in through the pixels was beautiful even if there was a rainy day outside. Just magic.
Here you ou can take a a virtual tour in the cathedral.
Here’s Gerhard Richter’s official page.
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