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Gerhard Richter: 100 Abstract Pictures

Publisher: David Zwirner Books

Publication Date: 2023

A new artist’s book, created by Gerhard Richter, that explores abstraction and chance in art and writing 
 
“The 100 Abstract Pictures shown here originated about five years ago, when I poured enamel paints on a fifty-by-fifty centimeter glass plate. The paints then flowed into one another without completely mixing. Thus they produced countless ephemeral abstract pictures, which I captured in photographs. These pictures are juxtaposed in the book with text formations that were generated at random.” —Gerhard Richter, 2023 
 
With a career spanning more than sixty years, the renowned painter Gerhard Richter is one of the greatest artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Debuting alongside Richter's first exhibition at David Zwirner, featuring new abstract works created between 2016 and 2022, this book celebrates his continued dedication to experimentation and innovation. 
 
An artwork of its own, this intimate volume inspires both close looking and a beautiful interpretation of abstraction.

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Details

Publisher: David Zwirner Books

Artist: Gerhard Richter

Publication Date: 2023

ISBN: 9781644231111

Retail: $50 | $65 CAN | £40

Status: Available

Printer: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg

Binding: Hardcover

Dimensions: 6.5 × 9.25 in | 16.6 × 23.5 cm

Pages: 208

Reproductions: 100 illustrations

Artist and Contributors

Gerhard Richter

With a career spanning from the 1960s to the present, Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) is widely celebrated as one of the most important artists of his generation. He has pursued a diverse and influential practice characterized by a decades-long commitment to painting and its formal and conceptual possibilities. The artist has consistently probed the relationship between painting and photography, engaging a variety of styles and innovative techniques in a complex repositioning of genres.

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