Daily practice of painting : Writings 1960-1993

German painter

Gerhard Richter, born in Dresden in 1932, is one of the foremost painters of his generation. A great deal has been written about the bewildering heterogeneity of his work over the past 30 years.
His seemingly willful and defiant movement between abstract and figurative modes of representation and his seemingly inconsistent methods of applying paint to canvas are consistent, if nothing else, with Richter himself -- the master of the paradoxical statement.

Memorable statements

Although he has emphasized that he is first a painter and has never been a theorist, he has, throughout his career issued provocative, contentious, and memorable statements.

Gerhard Richter's career

Over seven years in preparation, this book makes available a selection of Gerhard Richter's texts from all periods of his career, many translated for the first time. There are public statements about specific exhibitions, private reflections drawn from personal correspondence, answers to questions posed by critics, and excerpts from journals discussing the intentions, subjects, methods, and sources of his works from various periods.

Paintings from the artist's personal collection

The writings are accompanied by 87 biographical illustrations of paintings from the artist's personal collection. Published in association with the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London.

Gerhard Richter

The Daily Practice of Painting : Writings 1960-1993 by Gerhard Richter and Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026268084X

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