Gerhard Richter: Life and Work By Armin Zweite

This superbly illustrated large format book is the definitive retrospective of Gerhard Richter s genre defying boundary blurring and constantly evolving oeuvre One of the world s most revered visual artists Gerhard Richter embraces many concepts in his work and continually thwarts categorization In this expansive and authoritative overview Armin Zweite leads readers through every phase of Richter s celebrated career including his early artistic education in East Germany and his later prolific output in West the black and white photo paintings the brilliantly conceived color charts and lush inscrutable gray paintings installations with glass and mirrors his landscapes portraits and still lifes and his monumental abstract paintings which broke records at auction Also included are selections from Richter s larger scale thematic works such as Atlas his ongoing collection of photographs and newspaper clippings and October 18 1977 a series of paintings commemorating the lives and deaths of members of a German left wing terrorist group The beautiful plates sections feature exquisite reproductions of than 250 of his most famous works including Ten Large Color Charts 1966 Annunciation after Titian 1973 Faust 1980 Skull with Candle 1983 Funeral 1988 Strip 2012 and Double Gray 2014 Throughout Zweite s clear eyed commentary offers an expert appraisal of the breadth of Richter s oeuvre This six decade monograph of Richter s work is a visually stunning and articulate appreciation by one of the world s foremost experts on the artist and his life Gerhard Richter Life and Work