Gerhard Richter :A Life in Painting
Gerhard Richter :A Life in Painting
hardback
Published:
12 February, 2010
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780226203232 |
| ISBN10 | 0226203239 |
| Number Of Pages | 408 |
| Item Weight | 1361 g |
| Product Dimensions | 18 x 23 x 3 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | The University of Chicago Press |
| Format | hardback |
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"At a time when art is full of doubt, Richter is the most self-critical of artists, putting painting to the most extravagant tests and taking nothing for granted. In the process, he makes disturbing and often utterly beautiful art.... His work asks people to think freshly and not romantically about control versus freedom, austerity versus exuberance, faith versus skepticism: about what we can trust in what we see.... Having grown up under the Nazis and then in Communist East Germany, he has had his share of dictators and ideologues, in life and in art. He is a solitary man who rarely grants interviews, aware that his solitude also enhances his aura." - New York Times"
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Author's Bio
Dietmar Elger is director of the Gerhard Richter Archive and chief curator at the Galerie Neue Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. He is former curator for painting and sculpture at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover. Between 1984 and 1985 he was the secretary in Gerhard Richter's studio. He has organized numerous exhibitions on modern and contemporary art and has written and edited their accompanying catalogs. Elizabeth M. Solaro is a translator of works from the German.