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Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild, Courbet (Abstract Painting , Courbet), 1986 (c) Gerhard Richter. Photo Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh
27 November 2008, 6-8pm
This month, we will be looking at the work of Gerhard Richter, one of the most influential and important contemporary artists in the world today.
Drawn from a small, select number of private collections, this exhibition provides an unrivalled overview of the artist’s career from 1963 to the present. His paintings, both figurative and abstract, have had a huge impact on several generations of artists, and continue to do so, and has helped to make painting once again a vital means of artistic expression.
Richter’s incredibly complex work oscillates between paintings bordering on photorealism and large, abstract compositions of captivatingly expressive colour and technical perfection. Yet his work is always centred on painting itself, which is asserted in many different ways, confidently holding up its own reality for comparison to the actual world.
Joining us in discussion will be Keith Hartley, Chief Curator of the Gallery of Modern Art and curator of the Gerhard Richter exhibition.