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One of my favorite artists: Gerhard Richter

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Jazz Inmate

Anyone seen this? Looks like it could either be extremely boring, or a revelation.

SYNOPSIS: Gerhard Richter Painting is a thrilling document of legendary German artist Richter's creative process, juxtaposed with intimate conversations (with his critics, his collaborators, and his American gallerist Marian Goodman) and rare archive material. From our fly-on-the-wall perspective, we watch the 79-year-old create a series of large-scale abstract canvases, using fat brushes and a massive squeegee to apply (and then scrape off) layer after layer of brightly colored paint. This mesmerizing footage, of a highly charged process of creation and destruction, turns Belz's portrait of an artist into a work of art itself. In German with English subtitles.

BONUS FEATURES: Gerhard Richter and Art Historian Benjamin HD Buchloh in Conversation (23 min.), Fragments of a Conversation: Curator Hans-Ulrich Obrist Meets Gerhard Richter (10 min.), Gerhard Richter Prepares for the Munich Exhibition ''Abstract Paintings'' (9 min.), Booklet: An Interview with Director Corinna Belz, Trailers
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi

Gerhard Richter Painting just released (Open in New Window)

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Saw an exhibition of his stuff in Chicago and then several works traveled to Portland. Interesting stuff, - tinear 20:24:04 09/26/12 (5)
though I don't know if he qualifies as a major historical figure in "art."
Thanks for the head's up on the film, I'll give it a go.
Sigmar Polke, Anselm Kiefer also are worth viewing, speaking of German contemporary artists. David Salle and Richard Prince are two guys in the same "modernistic" vein.
- He was a major figure in modernism 25 yrs ago. Now he's a legend NT - Jazz Inmate 09:39:45 09/28/12 (4)
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  We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
  - I know him very well. I'm currently reconsidering my appreciation of major modern artists in relation - tinear 08:28:02 09/29/12 (1)
    to their elders. Is Richter, for instance, comparable in artistry to.... a Delacroix?
    Art just doesn't mean as much to the culture--- people actually used to look to art for seminal portrayals of meaningful events in their history/culture--- and Damien Hirst has brought it all to a head w/his placing of dead animals into large plastic cubes.
    In other words, is concept enough?
    How about skill in actual "creation?"
    Does Richter have the skills in painting to even hold the easel of a minor 18th century French painter?
    - obviously you don't - Jazz Inmate 23:57:39 09/29/12 (0)
      He has extensive photo-realism and post-impressionist work that would put to rest any question about skill.
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      We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
  - Save your breath on Tin. He tries to make art appreciation a zero sum game. - Enophile 13:27:31 09/28/12 (1)
    It's his way of humping your leg.
    
    Whenever you read Tin going off trying to belittle an artist you like, just read Tin's prose as being delivered by Cliff Clavin and it's fine.
    
    I agree with you, Gerhard Richter is great.
    - RE: I call that an "accidental art"... - Eldragon@gmx.com 06:52:00 09/29/12 (0)
      ...you really believe that you have a control over the outcome, but you don't. I like it.
      �Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead"
      ― Charles Bukowski

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