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Gerhard Richter & Isa Genzken — Tri-Star

Tri-Star

Tri-Star is a collaborative work by Gerhard Richter and Isa Genzken, merging industrial sound with minimalist painting in an unconventional sculptural object. One side of a phonograph record, which captures the mechanical noise of a Tri-Star aeroplane motor recorded by Genzken, has been coated in grey nitro lacquer by Richter, transforming the functional audio object into a painted surface. Housed in its original black cardboard sleeve, the work blurs the boundaries between sound art, conceptual art, and painting, inviting reflection on industry, noise, and the aesthetics of everyday materials.

Medium
Phonograph record by Isa Genzken, featuring noises made by a Tri-Star aeroplane motor, one side painted by Gerhard Richter with grey nitro lacquer, with the original black cardboard record sleeve.

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Evening & Day Editions

January 19, 2017

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Gerhard Richter & Isa Genzken, Tri-Star

Tri-Star is a collaborative work by Gerhard Richter and Isa Genzken, merging industrial sound with minimalist painting in an unconventional sculptural object. One side of a phonograph record, which captures the mechanical noise of a Tri-Star aeroplane motor recorded by Genzken, has been coated in grey nitro lacquer by Richter, transforming the functional audio object into a painted surface. Housed in its original black cardboard sleeve, the work blurs the boundaries between sound art, conceptual art, and painting, inviting reflection on industry, noise, and the aesthetics of everyday materials.

Medium
Phonograph record by Isa Genzken, featuring noises made by a Tri-Star aeroplane motor, one side painted by Gerhard Richter with grey nitro lacquer, with the original black cardboard record sleeve.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Fluxus Adjacent, Collaborative Work, Grey Monochrome, Minimalist Aesthetic, Found Object, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Sound Art, Avant-Garde, Industrial Imagery, Found Object Art, Monochrome Grey, German Artists, Sound Object, Late 20th Century, Minimalist Aesthetics, Contemporary Art, Industrial Subject

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