Gerhard Richter, Christa and Wolfi, 1964, oil on canvas, 59 x 51 1/4 in., Art Institute of Chicago, Photo by Kent Baldner via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
“When I paint from a photograph, conscious thinking is eliminated. I don’t know what I am doing. My work is far closer to the Informel than to any kind of ‘realism’. The photograph has an abstraction of its own, which … Continue reading
Gerhard Richter, Two Candles, 1982, oil on canvas, 47¼” x 39½”, Art Institute of Chicago, photo by rob golkosky, Creative Commons Attribution License via Flickr.
By many standards, Gerhard Richter is the most successful living painter in the world. Ironically, he achieved that status by questioning the value of painting itself. Many postmodern artists acknowledge the demise of innovation in certain media, especially in painting. … Continue reading