overpainted photographs
GERHARD RICHTER:
German Visual Artist.
I have always been a huge admirer of Ritchers work, from his expressive abstract pieces with oil and water colour to his photography. His work is stunning; his attention to color and application of medium is vast and yet always controlled. He is currently exhibiting his ‘New Overpainted Photographs’ in Tokyo and is part of a group exhibition in London: ‘Crash. Homage to JG Ballard’, at the Gagosian Gallery. He is exhibiting alongside the likes of Francis Bacon, Richard Hamilton, Damien Hirst, Edward Hopper, Jenny Saville and Ed Ruscha to name a mere few… the exhibition is a response o the enormous impact and enduring cultural significance of JG Ballards work, following his death in Spring 2009.
I want to get down there pronto… Yup. Below are a few of my favorite pieces I picked out from the EXTENSIVE archive of Richters work:
oil on paper
overpainted photographs
overpainted photographs
overpainted photographs
overpainted photographs
overpainted photographs
Uranium 1989 editions CR: 68
oil on paper 7/ 06/ 08
net 2006
images and info from:
http://www.gerhard-richter.com/
http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2010-02-11_crash/
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