Gerhard Richter: Panorama: A Retrospective - Hardcover

Borchardt-Hume, Achim; Brill, Dorothée; Haidu, Rachel; Mehring, Christine; Morineau, Camille

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1935202715 ISBN 13: 9781935202714

Publisher: D.A.P./Tate, 2011

Synopsis

Published on the occasion of Richter's major exhibition at the Tate, Gerhard Richter: Panorama is the first and most complete overview of one of the greatest artistic achievements of our times. Where previous monographs have focused on a single genre within the artist's vast output, this stunningly illustrated survey encompasses his entire oeuvre, now stretching across more than a half-century of activity, including photo-paintings, abstracts, landscapes and seascapes, portraits, glass and mirror works, sculptures, drawings and photographs. It therefore stands as the definitive portrait of Richter's colossal accomplishment to date. Alongside his celebrated abstractions, early black-and-white paintings and the photorealist depictions of candles, skulls and clouds that have become indisputable icons of modern painting, Panorama includes nearly 30 new paintings made over the past ten years, extensive comparative works, studio photographs, archival images and a substantial interview with the artist conducted by Nicholas Serota. This landmark publication is a fitting tribute to one of the world's most celebrated living artists.
Born in Dresden, East Germany, in 1932, Gerhard Richter migrated to West Germany in 1961, settling in Düsseldorf, where he studied at the Düsseldorf Academy, and where he held his first solo exhibition in 1963. Over the course of that decade, Richter helped to liberate painting from the legacy of Socialist Realism (in Eastern Germany) and Abstract Expressionism (in Western Germany and throughout Europe). He has exhibited internationally for the last five decades, with retrospectives in New York, Paris and Düsseldorf. He lives and works in Cologne.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicholas Serota is Director of Tate and the editor of Cy Twombly and Donald Judd Mark Godfrey is a Curator at Tate Modern and editor of Francis AlA s: A Story of Deception Contributors: Achim Borchardt-Hume is chief curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, London; Dorothee Brill is a curator at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Rachel Haidu is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Rochester; Christine Mehring is Associate Professor of the Art History at University of Chicago; Camille Morineau is a curator at the Centre Pompidou, Paris

Review:

Richter uses image and abstraction in mediums as diverse as glass installations, painting, and photography to offer meditations on the world and the objects and people who fill it. (Greg Horton Artdesk)

This exhibition catalogue- from its opening Q and A between Tate director Nicholas Serota and the laconic painter through half a dozen chronological essays- is indispensable. (Eric Bryant Art + Auction)

Published on the occasion of Richter's major exhibition at the Tate, Gerhard Richter: Panorama is the first and most complete overview of one of the greatest artistic achievements of our times. Where previous monographs have focused on a single genre within the artist's vast output, this stunningly illustrated survey encompasses his entire oeuvre, now stretching across more than a half-century of activity, including photo-paintings, abstracts, landscapes and seascapes, portraits, glass and mirror works, sculptures, drawings and photographs. It therefore stands as the definitive portrait of Richter's colossal accomplishment to date. (Dana Jennings The New York Times)

Just in time for his 80th birthday, the illustrious German artist will see a half-century of his dizzyingly electric output shown at London's Tate Modern... If ever a show was worth traveling for, it's this one, but if you can't make it, pick up the accompanying monograph. (Details)

About this edition

• Publisher: D.A.P./Tate
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1935202715
• ISBN 13: 9781935202714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Serota Nicholas, Godfrey Mark