Richter

by Klaus Honnef

Rencontre avec Gerhard Richter, artiste allemand qui a �largi l'horizon du rapport entre peinture et r�alit�. De ses premi�res peintures photographiques et son fameux cycle autour de la RAF � ses derni�res toiles abstraites, la d�couverte de l'oeuvre de Richter nous donne sans cesse � voir l'inattendu et l'invisible. L� o� il s'effor�ait auparavant de lib�rer la technique du poids de l'id�ologie, il nous montre aujourd'hui l'impact in�galable et l'intensit� de la peinture face � la domination de l'image num�rique. Une introduction d�cisive � l'un des plus grands artistes de notre temps, qui couvre non seulement l'ensemble de sa carri�re, mais aussi 50 ans d'�v�nements culturels, �conomiques et politiques.

Genres: Art

95 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2019

Reviews

[Dale H · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I read a book about an artist, I want to know about their personal history, how that influenced their art, controversies, exhibition highlights, what their contemporaries thought of them, their training, techniques, and a deep dive into some of their best known works.

You don't get much of that here. The reproductions are gorgeous (of course, because ... Taschen) but the text is insufferably pretentious art theory horseshit. It's the author trying to impress other black-clad failed working artists with conceptually dense "impressive sounding" nonsense.

This is part of the "Basic Art" series. Perhaps Klaus didn't get the memo.

The three stars are purely for the reproductions. The text is garbage.

I'm glad I got this on sale.

[Erik · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Taschen Basic Art series as a whole makes for a great introduction to various artists. We get a bit of analysis and process mixed with a bit of biography and a pretty good selection of works.