Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting

by Dietmar Elger and Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter is one of the most important and influential artists of the post-war era. For decades he has sought innovative ways to make painting more relevant, often through a multifaceted dialogue with photography. Today Richter is most widely recognized for the photo-paintings he made during the 1960s that rely on images culled from mass media and pop culture. Always fascinated with the limits and uncertainties of representation, he has since...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226203239
• ISBN13: 9780226203232
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 10.2"