Gerhard Richter

Over the sixty years of his artistic career, Gerhard Richter (* 1932 in Dresden ) has produced a standardsetting oeuvre whose thematic and stylistic diversity has no equal among the art of our time. This extensive monograph is the first to present the complete range of the numerous works Richter realized as series, cycles, and spaces. It includes figurative paintings, such as landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, many of which are based on photographs, such as the series S. and Child, a personal and intimate variation on the traditional subject of the Madonna and Child. It also features abstract works, for which Richter draws from a changing repertoire of forms and colors to produce both small and monumental paintings. This generously sized volume reveals an astonishing spectrum of Richter’s paintings in all of their dimensions and techniques. (German edition  ISBN 978-3-7757-3804-0)   Exhibition schedule: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel May 15,–September 7, 2014