Author: RICHTER, GERHARD - BUCHLOH, BENJAMIN
Title: Gerhard Richter : Eight Gray 2002
Description: Berlin / Ostfildern, Germany, Deutsche Guggenheim / Hatje Cantz. 2002, Exhibition Catalogue. Hard Cover. New. Text: English. 127 p.; ill.; 25,5 x 29 cm. "Consisting of eight enameled glass panels, Eight Gray addresses themes the artist has been investigating since the mid-1960s in his monochromes and works in glass. Mounted on steel supports and hanging 50 centimeters from the wall, the enormous panels of Eight Gray (measuring 500 x 270 cm each) exist somewhere between painting, sculpture, and architecture. Installed in relation to the gallery windows—which were uncovered for the installation and replaced with clear glass panels—the opposing rows of colored mirrors produce an endless sequence of reflections of interior and street views, confusing pictorial and actual space. For Berlin Richter has expanded the size of the panels to more truly resemble architectural elements. His choice of gray, the "non-color" that he equates with nothingness, further denies the possibilities for association, differentiation, or interpretation. Yet, as Richter has noted, "I know no painting that is not illusionistic..the [Gray Pictures] are the most rigorously illusionistic of all." Eight Gray amplifies this apparent dichotomy. At once opaque and reflective, the work is simultaneously abstract and figurative, presenting a monochromatic field as well as a likeness of the viewer and his or her surroundings." Dustjacket. New. (ISBN: 3775712755)

Keywords: Gerhard Richter Deutsche Guggenheim 3775712755


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