Artist: Gerhard Richter (1932 - )
Nationality: German
Movement: Abstract Art
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Born and trained in Dresden, Gerhard Richter began designing stage sets and working in advertising before becoming a professional artist. In 1962, he began producing paintings inspired by blurry photographs, often times in series that explore the difference between figurative and abstraction. In his later work, he painted very large-scale, completely abstract pieces. Richter is known for versatility, superior handling of his technique, and his influence on modern German art.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (86)
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Gerhard Richter - Sanctuary 1988 oil on linen Hirshhorn Museum German
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Gerhard Richter - Waterfall 1997 oil on linen Hirshhorn Museum German
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Gerhard Richter - Untitled 1988 oil on paper The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art German
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Gerhard Richter - Station 1985 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art German
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Gerhard Richter - Stadtbild Mii 1968 amphibolin on canvas Dallas Museum of Art German
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Gerhard Richter - Betty 1988 oil on canvas Saint Louis Art Museum German
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Gerhard Richter - Abstract Painting, 780-1 1992 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art German
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Gerhard Richter - Abstraktes Bild (742-4) 1991 Oil on wood Miami Art Museum German
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Gerhard Richter - Annunciation After Titian 1973 oil on linen Hirshhorn Museum German
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Gerhard Richter - Landschaft (Landscape) 1985 Oil on canvas Des Moines Art Center German
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Gerhard Richter - Woman Descending the Staircase 1965 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Richter "Lettre ornÈe, d'aprËs Richter," chapter device pg. 201, in the book Les Chats (Cats) by Champfleury (Paris: J. Rothschild, 1870). etching (reproduction) 1870
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Richter Seal with portrait of Louis XIV intaglio of horn circa 1690
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Gerhard Fietz Abstract Forms WC 1947
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Gerhard Fietz Abstract Landscape Wood Eng. 1948
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Johann Friedrich Bause Portrait Of Ioh Thomas Richter Engraving 1775
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Edouard Vuillard - Ames Solitaires (Solitary Souls) by Gerhard Hauptmann and La Revue Blanche Transformee 1893 lithograph The Museum of Modern Art French
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Gerhard Marcks Hohe Herrschaften (Dignitaries) Woodcut 1922
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Gerhard Marcks Death of Orpheus Woodcut 19th - 20th century
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Johann Gottfried Krugner Gottlieb Gerhard Titius 17th - 18th century
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Henry J. Richter The Sorrows of Lady Alice Stipple engraving 1797
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J.S.L. Halle Gerhard Ulrich Anton Vieth 18th - 19th century
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Gerhard Marcks Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orpheus in the Underworld) Woodcut 1947
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John Churchill (1650-1722), First Duke of Marlborough Christian Richter (Swedish, 1678-1732)Vellum; Oval, 3 1/4 x
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Gerhard Marcks Kˆlner Engel (Cologne Angel) Woodcut 1946
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Gerhard Marcks Male Nude, with arms and legs crossed drawing: graphite circa 1930
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Celestial Globe with Clockwork, 16th century (1579) Gerhard Emmoser (working 1556–died 1584), MakerAustrian (Vienna); Made
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Bruno Goldschmitt Buch der Richter Kap.19 (Book of Judges, Chpt.19) - Plate 12 from the Portfolio Die Bibel (The Bible) Wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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Gerard Richter - Breath 1989 oil on canvas Milwaukee Art Museum German
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Aureus with bust of Septimius Severus Coins Roman Imperial Period, A.D. 203 Rome Gold Diameter:
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Aureus with head of Marcus Aurelius Coins Roman Imperial Period, A.D. 161 Rome Gold Diameter:
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Contorniate with bust of Trajan Contorniate; Roman Imperial Roman Imperial Period, A.D. 356–394 Italy, (Rome)
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Gerard Richter - Abstract Painting (750-1) 1991 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art German
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Hubert Gerhard - Triton and Nereid n.d. bronze The Frick Collection Netherlandish
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Ruth Weisberg La Commedia e finita Lithograph 1977
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John Gould Phaethornis Guy lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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John Gould Ardetta... lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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John Gould Egret (?) lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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John Gould Cometes Glyceria lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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John Gould Metallura Cupreicauda lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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John Gould Avocettinus Eurypterus lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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K‰the Kollwitz Aufruhr (Revolt) etching, engraving, aquatint and roulette 1899
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K‰the Kollwitz Sitzender m‰nnlicher Akt (Seated Male Nude) Etching 1891
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K‰the Kollwitz Inspiration Etching, engraving, soft ground etching 1905
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K‰the Kollwitz Die Witwe II (The Widow II), fifth plate in the series Krieg (War) Woodcut 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Die Witwe I (The Widow I), fourth plate in the series Krieg (War) Woodcut 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Sturm (Storm), fifth plate in the series Ein Weberaufstand (Revolt of the Weavers) Etching 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz Das Volk (The People), seventh plate in the series Krieg (War) Woodcut 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Frauenakt (Female Nude) Etching, aquatint, and soft ground etching 1910
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K‰the Kollwitz Betendes M‰dchen (Praying Girl) Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and sandpaper 1892
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K‰the Kollwitz Arbeitslosigkeit (Unemployment) …tching, engraving, soft ground etching, sandpaper 1909
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K‰the Kollwitz Weberzug (March of the Weavers), fourth plate in the series Ein Weberaustand (Revolt of the Weavers) Etching 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz M‰nnerkopf nach rechts (Man's Head Turned Right) Soft ground etching 1905
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K‰the Kollwitz Beratung (Council) , rejected plate for the third plate in the series Weber (Weavers) Etching 1895
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K‰the Kollwitz Frau mit ¸bereinandergelegten H‰nden (Woman with Crossed Hands) Etching, drypoint, roulette and sandpaper 1898
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K‰the Kollwitz Weberzug (March of the Weavers), fourth plate in the series Ein Weberaustand (Revolt of the Weavers) Etching 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz Ende (End), sixth plate in the series Ein Weberaufstand (Weavers' Revolt) Etching, aquatint, and sandpaper (or stippling?) 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz Not (Famine), first plate in the series Ein Weberaustand (Weavers' Revolt) lithograph printed on yellow chine collÈ 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz Beratung (Council), third plate in the series Ein Weberaufstand (Weavers' Revolt)) lithograph printed on yellow chine collÈ 1898
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The Glorification of the Eucharist, probably ca. 1630 Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood;
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Johann Christoph Denner, German, 1655-1707 Bass recorder Germany, (Nuremberg), about 1700 Boxwood, brass, ivory 96.8
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Attributed to the Group of Würzburg 199 Amphora Vase Greek Archaic Period, about 510–500 B.C.
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Head of a kouros (youth) Greek Archaic Period, about 530–525 B.C. Greece, (said to have
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Per Kirkeby Inventory - Portfolio of 18 prints Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 16 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 8 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 12 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 1 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 2 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 11 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 10 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 13 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 7 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 5 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 14 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 3 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 4 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Night Thoughts Color soap ground aquatint with scraping and drypoint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Olive Thoughts Color soap ground aquatint with hard ground etching, drypoint and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Thoughts in the Sun Color sugar lift aquatint with aquatint and drypoint; partly printed in relief 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 6 of 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint and hard ground etching with scraping on Somerset Textured White paper 1993
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Per Kirkeby Dark Thoughts Flat bite etching with hard ground etching; partly printed in relief in green and black 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 9 of 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint, hard ground etching, and sugarlift aquatint with scraping on Somerset Textured White paper 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 15 of 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint, aquatint, and crayon-resist flat bite etching on Somerset Textured White paper 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 17 of 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Aquatint, crayon-resist flat bite etching, and drypoint on Somerset Textured White paper 1993

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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ARKEN Museum of Modern Art: Gerhard Richter: Oil Painting and Photography
Gerhard Richter is a master of the underplayed. The German artist's portraits and landscapes are out of focus and hazy, the colours are reduced to shades of grey or kept in balanced ranges of colour. The works possess a melancholy ...
Museum of Modern Art: Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting
Although Richter has been a well-known and greatly respected figure in Europe for many years, his achievement has been comparatively slow to come to the attention of the general public in the United States. Ranging from photography-based pictu...
Modern Museum: In the Power of Painting
One common source for Warhol, Polke and Richter is both the thing as an object and images in the media. Twombly and Marden have a more abstract point of departure, gradually producing something like a sign. Bleckner's work seems to emerge from his...
Guggenheim Museum, Berlin: Gerhard Richter: Eight Gray
Consisting of eight enameled glass panels, Eight Gray addresses themes the artist has been investigating since the mid-1960s in his monochromes and works in glass. Mounted on steel supports and hanging 50 centimeters from the wall, the enormous pa...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from The Museum of Modern Art
Organized thematically, the exhibition addresses some of the prevailing subjects that preoccupied Pop artists, including mass media, consumer culture, politics, and erotica. The exhibition begins with proto-Pop examples by artists such as Ja...
Contemporary Art Centre of Malaga: The Work of Gerhard Richter
Within the present exhibition, the emphasis is on Richter’s paintings based on photographs, his pure paintings, his famous grisailles and in particular the abstract expressionist works. In each one Richter reveals his virtuoso abilities with regar...
Dia Center for the Arts: Refraction: Selected Works by Gerhard Richter, and Project: Jorge Pardo's 2000 Denovation
Richter's works include a new glass sculpture, created especially for this exhibition, in which seven parallel panes of glass refract light and the world beyond, offering altered visions of the exhibition space; "Spiegel I (Mirror I)" and "Spi...
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art
The exhibition features twenty-nine works created between 1970 and 2001 that capture the viewer's attention in a variety of ways. From perceptual work like that of Charles Ray or James Turrell that allows us to see ourselves seeing, to ...
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery: Europe's Most Acclaimed Artists: Wim Delvoye and Daniel Richter
Belgian artist Wim Delvoye’s engaging sculpture Cloaca – New & Improved addresses a number of cultural taboos while challenging viewers to consider society's discomfort with digestive functions and to question the elaborate cultural mechanisms con...
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Sigmar Polke: Music of Unclear Origin
This exhibition, toured by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations in Stuttgart, presents a group of forty recent gouaches that form a distinct and lively series. This ...
Juan Miro Foundation: Reality and Desire
The exhibition begins with works by Gerhard Richter (Germany) and Vija Celmins,
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Sigmar Polka: Alhemist
However, Louisiana does not plan its exhibitions according to Capitals art compass. The museum has its own instruments of navigation, but on these, too, the needles have been pointing to Sigmar P...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Points of Departure: Connecting with Contemporary Art
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Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin Beijing: Asia:The Place to Be
From the Westen point of view, this historical pragmatism seems to be extremely strange. Though artists who partly lived the terror of the cultural revolution found another way to express the progressive distancing look back. Under the ´Mao-Pop´ l...
Ketterer Kunst: Perspective 45/01 - Contemporary Classics to be held in Berlin
The future is the present – this was the motto that Ketterer Kunst adopted when it started its involvement in Berlin back in 1997. Which other city in Germany - or even in Europe - would be more suitable for the auctioning of contemporary artNULL ...
Leeds City Art Gallery: The Triumph of Painting: From the Saatchi Collection
The Triumph of Painting showcases an international line-up of contemporary painters and sets out to show how today’s artists, and audiences, can still be intellectually and emotionally engaged by a form of art – painting – often declared defunct a...
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Out of the Box: 20th-Century Print Portfolios
Eleven complete print portfolios from the permanent collection provide visitors with a rare opportunity to see the creative statement of each featured artist in its ...
Art History Museum: Cypriot Art from the Collection of Classical Antiquities
The Kunsthistorisches Museum’s collection of Cypriot art contains over 700 objects dating from the early Bronze Age to the Roman Empire, it is thus one of the largest ...
Phoenix Art Museum: Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection
This exhibition has been organized by the Portland Art Museum and is made possible by UBS. One of the foremost collections of contemporary art in the United States, The UBS Art Collection, formerly The PaineWebber Art Collection, began in 1971 wi...
Tate Gallery, Liverpool: Figurative Art at the End of the Century
Many of these works have only just been acquired by the Tate and are on show in Liverpool for the first time. Together, they create a powerful spectacle and raise issues ...
Dia:Beacon: Agnes Martin: Unknown Territory
Shown in the diffused natural light of Dia's galleries, this exhibition makes available classic works rarely seen due to their fragility and rarity. Closing November 7, 2005, "unknown territory" will be followed in December 2005 by an installation...
Kunstmuseum, Bonn: ELLSWORTH KELLY: The Early Drawings 1948-1955
The basis for his artistic production, which ensured his later reputation, was laid down during his 7-year stay ...
Kröller-Müller Museum: Dan Graham: Works 1965-2000
This most comprehensive Dan Graham retrospective hitherto presents a wide range of his rich and surprising output. Approximately sixty works will reflect every facet of his oeuvre: phot...
Wexner Center for the Arts: As Painting: Division and Displacement
As painting Organized by the Wexner Center and guest curated by OSU professors Philip Armstrong (Division of Comparative Studies), Laura Lisbon (Department of Art), and Stephen Melville (Department of History of Art), the wide-ranging exhibiti...
Kröller-Müller Museum: Dan Graham: Works 1965-2000

McCaig-Welles Gallery: Liquid Experiments: Ken Echezabal
Echezabal describes his new body of work as experiments in "stimulating serotonin." Using an inventive painting technique, slowed-down wavelike images are poured onto the canvas. The subjects range from a mother holding her child in the middle of ...
Queens Museum of Art: Art at Work: Forty Years of the Chase Manhattan Collection
This landmark exhibition will present a wondrous display of 120 contemporary masterpieces, including: a powerful thirty-eight foot mural by Sam Francis; a soaring mobile by Alexander Calder; and a landmark video installation by Nam Jun...
Stedelijk Museum: Eye Infection: Work by Robert Crumb, Mike Kelley, Jim Nutt, Peter Saul and H.C. Westermann
Unlike Gerrit Komrij, Harry Mulisch and Queen Beatrix, who were invited to present their choice from the Stedelijk's collection, Braun has devised a free exhibition concept. He wanted to introduce in Holland a so far neglected movement in Ame...
Fruitmarket Gallery: Fred Tomaselli: Monsters of Paradise
The collaged paintings that marked Tomaselli’s emergence on the international art circuit in the late 80s are obsessive compendia of the natural and unnatural worlds that move between abstraction and figuration. They are distinguished by the use o...
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami: Albert Oehlen: I Know Whom You Showed Last Summer
The selection of paintings for this exhibition, notes Clearwater, "are among the most extreme examples of Oehlen's works. Although he has worked in a variety of mediums and styles, the abstract paintings are his primary interest as he believes th...

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