Synopses & Reviews
There are few contemporary artists with the international recognition and reputation of Gerhard Richter. These two beautifully produced books from Heni Publications offer different angles on his achievement, showing the breadth of Richterandrsquo;s work in different media.
Novemberand#160;presents Richterandrsquo;s series of the same name, comprised of ink drawings that he created throughout the month of November 2008. The series began by accident: Richter dripped ink onto a sheet of highly absorbent paper, then quickly realized that the spill formed two images, different but related, on the front and the back of the page. Intrigued, he began manipulating the ink, changing its consistency or adding lacquer or pencil marks, and he ultimately applied these techniques to make images on twenty-seven sheets of paper. This book presents all fifty-four drawings that resulted, as facsimiles, along with an explanatory text by Dieter Schwarz settingand#160;Novemberand#160;in the context of Richterandrsquo;s career.
Overpainted Photographsand#160;documents a largely unknown part of Richterandrsquo;s art practice: a series of overpainted photographs that he began making in the late 1980s and continues to engage with today. Beginning with photographs of landscapes from all over the world that he took on his travels, Richter then adapts them by painting over the initial image, sometimes completely concealing it beneath layers of paint. Featuring 1500 images in spectacular full color through four volumes, with an accompanying essay by renowned curator Han Ulrich Obrist,and#160;Overpainted Photographsand#160;is a landmark in the publishing of Richterandrsquo;s work.
Synopsis
There are few contemporary artists with the international recognition and reputation of Gerhard Richter.Novemberpresents Richter s series of the same name, comprised of ink drawings that he created throughout the month of November 2008. The series began by accident: Richter dripped ink onto a sheet of highly absorbent paper, then quickly realized that the spill formed two images, different but related, on the front and the back of the page. Intrigued, he began manipulating the ink, changing its consistency or adding lacquer or pencil marks, and he ultimately applied these techniques to make images on twenty-seven sheets of paper. This book presents all fifty-four drawings that resulted, as facsimiles, along with an explanatory text by Dieter Schwarz settingNovemberin the context of Richter s career.
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Synopsis
November presents German artist Gerhard Richter's series of the same name--comprised of 54 ink drawings--so called due to their creation throughout the month of November in 2008. Richter assumed this method after accidentally dripping ink on to a sheet of highly absorbent paper and realising that two related images formed on the front and back. He then began to manipulate the ink in various ways--changing its consistency and applying lacquer or pencil to add further detail. Reworking this method on 27 sheets of paper, he was able to create 54 images in total, presented here as facsimiles, so that both sides of each piece of paper can be viewed at the same time. These are labelled with the date that they were produced and arranged in order.
About the Author
Gerhard Richter is one of the most respected visual artists of Germany. His seminal works include Atlas (1964), October 18, 1977 (1988), and EightGrey (2002).Dieter Schwarzand#160;is Director of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, in Switzerland.