Gerhard Richter: ohne FarbeHatje Cantz, 2005 - 103 Seiten Without Color presents an important group of paintings from Gerhard Richter's oeuvre: works without color--something upon which the painter ordinarily relies a great deal. The (non-) colors, black, white and gray have always played an important role in Richter's art. Spanning four decades, from the early 1960s to the present, the broad, fascinating spectrum of these colorless paintings ranges from representational works based on black-and-white photographs, to entirely abstract paintings. Richter needs no more than a palette of grays to create impressive works in the traditional genres of history painting, portraiture, landscape and still life. He explores the fundamental aspects of painting in images composed of streaks of gray, overpainting and monochromatic gray color fields. The outcome is a cross-section that incorporates everything painting can mean today--while focusing on the innermost essence of painting through the paradoxical renunciation of color. |
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Acht Grau Arte Reina artist artist's artistic Ausst.-Kat Ausstellung Benjamin H. D. Buchloh catalogue raisonné Centro de Arte Cologne color charts context Copleys Dan Graham Deutsche Guggenheim Dietmar Elger different Doris Krystof Düsseldorf Edy de Wilde Elke Kania exhibition Farbe Farbtafeln first Fluxus Fotografie Galerie im Lenbachhaus Gemälde Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter's glass Gottfried Boehm grauen Bilder hrsg Hubertus Butin image Indifferenz Julia Gelshorn Jürgen Harten Köln Kunst Kunsthalle künstlerischen Kunstmuseum Bonn Leinwand oil Malerei malerischen Marco d'Oggiono medium Modern Art Moderna Museet monochrome motifs München Museo Nacional Centro museum franz gertsch Museum of Modern oil on canvas Öl auf Leinwand Ostfildern-Ruit paint painterly Philipp Wilhelm photo-paintings photograph pictures Pop Art Privatsammlung Reinhard Spieler represents Richter's paintings Richter's work Robert Storr see note seen series Sigmar Polke squeegee Stefan Gronert subject Susanne Ehrenfried Thomas Struth unserer view visual Visuelle Werk Years of Painting