27 results for '"Gerhard Richter"'

An engagement with the relation between the world in which an artwork is created—a world that perishes or decays over time—and the new world that the artwork opens up.Gerhard Richter explores the...

In 1988, Gerhard Richter created one of the most controversial and fascinating political painting-cycles of all time, with his Baader-Meinhof series. In 2002, he returned to the theme of media and...

The two great polar tendencies of Gerhard Richter's art -- pure abstraction and photo-realism -- have never been at odds with one another, and are in fact complementary aspects of Richter's total...

Composed of bright monochrome squares randomly arranged in a grid to create stunning sheets of kaleidoscopic color, Gerhard Richter's 4900 Colors (2007)--the latest result of the artist's long-term...

In Marking Time, Paul Rabinow presents his most recent reflections on the anthropology of the contemporary. Drawing richly on the work of Michel Foucault, John Dewey, Niklas Luhmann, and, most...

Andy Warhol, Sigmar Polke, and Gerhard Richter are among the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. Each appropriated everyday imagery as source material, each co-opted...

Shortly before his death in 1977, German painter Blinky Palermo created his most significant cycle of paintings, dedicating it "to the people of nyc." The work consists of 15 parts, composed from 40...

"Catalogue de l'exposition s'interrogeant sur la notion de "beau" au XXe siècle, insistant sur la polémique et la politisation du débat dans les années 80 et 90. Y a-t-il des normes admises de...

In this handsome book, the Dallas Museum of Art celebrates three remarkable private collections of contemporary art that were donated in 2005, presenting them in context with masterworks already...

Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today’s multifaceted...

Changing how we look at and think about the color grey Why did many of the twentieth century's best-known abstract painters often choose grey, frequently considered a noncolor and devoid of meaning?...

An illustrated study of Hanne Darboven's masterwork, the massive Kulturgeschichte 1880-1983 (Cultural History 1880-1983).Hanne Darboven's Kulturgeschichte 1880-1983 (Cultural History 1880-1983)...

"Beware Architecture!" Architecture that entails surprise, even danger, is the subject of this exciting discourse on a body of work that has gained increasing international attention since the late...

Those Passions unpicks the nature of capitalist societies since the fifteenth century and the art produced within them. It evaluates the central politics of appearance--the building of...

A compelling take on Pop art from esteemed critic Hal FosterWho branded painting in the Pop age more brazenly than Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and Ed Ruscha? And...

This book makes available for the first time in English―and for the first time in its entirety in any language―an important yet little-known interview on the topic of photography that Jacques Derrida...

"From his phrasing of its title to his choices of artists and the works by them, if nothing else will get people arguing over the art of their time, Grovier’s book will." —San Francisco Chronicle...

Leading art critic and writer Richard Cork tells the stories of his personal encounters with some of the world's most influential modern and contemporary artists. Richard Cork draws on his...

Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I...