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Gerhard Richter — Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting)
Gerhard Richter

Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting)

2016

This second 'Abstraktes Bild' from 2016 again reflects Richter's sustained engagement with abstract oil painting as an ongoing, open-ended inquiry. Like its companion, it was likely created through the application and removal of paint using a squeegee, generating cascading layers of color that record the history of their own making. The simultaneous production of related works underscores how Richter treats painting as a process of investigation rather than the realization of a predetermined image. Each canvas in the series shares a generic title, deflecting attempts to read in specific meaning while insisting on painting's autonomous presence. Together they demonstrate how variation and repetition coexist in his mature abstract practice.

Medium
Oil on canvas

Notes

Inventory: RICGE1144

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Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting), 2016

This second 'Abstraktes Bild' from 2016 again reflects Richter's sustained engagement with abstract oil painting as an ongoing, open-ended inquiry. Like its companion, it was likely created through the application and removal of paint using a squeegee, generating cascading layers of color that record the history of their own making. The simultaneous production of related works underscores how Richter treats painting as a process of investigation rather than the realization of a predetermined image. Each canvas in the series shares a generic title, deflecting attempts to read in specific meaning while insisting on painting's autonomous presence. Together they demonstrate how variation and repetition coexist in his mature abstract practice.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Year
2016
Seen at
David Zwirner at IFPDA Print Fair, New York, USA

Related themes

Layered Color, 2010s Work, Gestural Process, Abstract Painting, Serial Painting, Mature Work, Squeegee Technique, Paint History, Autonomous Form, Oil on Canvas

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Collected by

Sebastián Naranjo, Art Institute of Chicago, Brittany Laques, Kyle Stewart, Alex Capecelatro