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Gerhard Richter : abstraction / edited by Ortrud Westheider and Michael Philipp ; exhibition, Dietmar Elger, Ortrud Westheider, with Valerie Hortolani ; with contributions by Janice Bretz [and seven others] ; translations from the German, Steven Lindberg, Allison Moseley, Kate Vanovitch.
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Title:[Paintings. Selections]
Gerhard Richter : abstraction / edited by Ortrud Westheider and Michael Philipp ; exhibition, Dietmar Elger, Ortrud Westheider, with Valerie Hortolani ; with contributions by Janice Bretz [and seven others] ; translations from the German, Steven Lindberg, Allison Moseley, Kate Vanovitch.
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Variant Title:Abstraction
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Author/Creator:Richter, Gerhard, 1932- artist.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Westheider, Ortrud, editor, curator.
Philipp, Michael, 1962- editor.
Elger, Dietmar, curator.
Hortolani, Valerie, curator.
Bretz, Janice, contributor.
Lindberg, Steven, translator.
Moseley, Allison, translator.
Vanovitch, Katherine, translator.
Museum Barberini (Potsdam, Germany), host institution.
Prestel Verlag, publisher.
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Published/Created:Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : Prestel, [2018]
©2018
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: ND588.R529 A4 2018
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Richter, Gerhard, 1932---Exhibitions.
Richter, Gerhard, 1932---Criticism and interpretation.
Richter, Gerhard, 1932---Themes, motives.
Painting, Abstract--Germany--20th century--Exhibitions.
Painting, Abstract--Germany--21st century--Exhibitions.
Painting, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.
Painting, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.
Male artists--Germany--20th century--Exhibitions.
Male artists--Germany--21st century--Exhibitions.
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Genre/Form:Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
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Description:239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm
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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.
"Gerhard Richter has explored the possibilities of painting since the 1960s, and abstraction is one of his key themes. This publication is the first to focus on this central aspect of Richter's work. It contextualizes the artistic development and intellectual continuity of one of the most significant artists of our time. Over five decades, Richter has created diverse groups of works that are unified by recurring elements. By deliberately incorporating chance, he minimizes the artist's conscious control of the painting process. Richter emphasizes a grid structure over spontaneous creativity and draws a squeegee across entire canvasses. He eschews subjectivity and references outside of art. These abstract works function on their own terms." --publisher's desription, lower cover.
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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.
"Gerhard Richter: Abstraction" : June 30-October 21, 2018, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany.
Text in English, translated from the German.
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ISBN:9783791357454 (English trade edition)
379135745X (English trade edition)
9783791368313 (English museum edition)
3791368311 (English museum edition)
9783791357447 (German trade edition)
3791357441 (German trade edition)
9783791368306 (German museum edition)
3791368303 (German museum edition)
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Contents:Foreword
Across art history: Gerhard Richter and abstraction / Ortrud Westheider
Abstraction and semblance in Gerhard Richter's oeuvre / Dietmar Elger
Grids and readymades: Gerhard Richter's color chart paintings in the 1960s and 1970s / Hubertus Butin
"In painting thinking is painting": the primacy of form in Gerhard Richter's art / Armin Zweite
Richter's squeegee: the artist and his tools / Matthias Krüger
Catalog of exhibited works. Structures and illusions: abstract works in the 1960s / Valerie Hortolani
Chance and concept: color charts / Dietmar Elger
Gestures and blendings: inpaintings and gray paintings / Valerie Hortolani
Blurrings and close-ups: details and early abstract paintings / Dietmar Elger
Nature and materials: abstract landscapes / Dietmar Elger
Paints and layers: abstract paintings from 1986 to 2005 / Kerstin Küster
Transparent and reflected: mirrors, glass, and strips / Janice Bretz and Kerstin Küster
New abstract paintings from 2005 to 2017 / Kerstin Küster
Biography of Gerhard Richter / Dietmar Elger and Valerie Hortolani.