Painting After All Gerhard Richter

A richly illustrated monograph that covers the entire career of one of the most famous contemporary artists During his 60-year career, Gerhard Richter (born 1932) used representation and abstraction as means of taking into account heritage, collective memory and sensitivity national of post-World War II Germany, both in very different terms personal. This elegantly designed book presents approximately 100 of his key paintings, from photographic paintings created in the early 1960s to portraits, ranging from large-scale abstract series to works selected in glass. New essays by leading specialists address Various themes: Sheena Wagstaff assesses the conceptual importance of technique by the artist; Benjamin HD Buchloh discusses the poignant paintings of Birkenau (2014); Peter Geimer explores the artist's enduring interest in photographic imagery; Briony Fer compares Richter's family paintings to the genres and conventions of traditional painting; Brinda Kumar studies the artist's commitment to the landscape as a place of memory. André Rottmann examines the impact of randomization and chance on works Richter's abstracts; and Hal Foster examines glass and mirror works. As this book shows, Richter's rich and varied works bear witness to the continuing relevance of painting in contemporary art.