Gerhard Richter's abstractions are profound and beautiful, though perplexing. After all these years, they still present a curious challenge: what, exactly, are they? Richter 858 explores this question by focusing on one suite of extraordinary pictures painted in 1999, soon after his return to work following a serious stroke. Both investigation and celebration, this book brings together image, music and text in a uniquely compelling way: contributors include the great guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, two sharp-eyed ...
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Gerhard Richter's abstractions are profound and beautiful, though perplexing. After all these years, they still present a curious challenge: what, exactly, are they? Richter 858 explores this question by focusing on one suite of extraordinary pictures painted in 1999, soon after his return to work following a serious stroke. Both investigation and celebration, this book brings together image, music and text in a uniquely compelling way: contributors include the great guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, two sharp-eyed critics, and a baker's dozen of prominent, award-winning poets. Housed in an aluminium slipcase, this lavish volume features the largest, most sumptuous and most accurate reproductions of any Richter work. The eight paintings of the suite are shown at more than half-scale, and also, quite untraditionally, presented unbound on heavy paper in a pocket at the back of the book - allowing readers to mix, match and re-present the work for themselves outside the confines of the printed volume. Forty details from the paintings are also reproduced in large-format, accompanied by the poems and texts. These brilliant passages - rich in incident and intervention, and ranging from
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Add this copy of Gerard Richter 858: Eight Abstract Pictures to cart. $236.25, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by D.A.P. / SFMOMA.
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VG+ Oblong grey cloth boards w/ white lettering. 8 loose color plates. 1 Compact Disc. Aluminum Slipcase. Cardboard case w/ vellum w/ black printing. A very clean, complete copy of this impressive collection of Gerhard Richter's work w/ accompany music cd & 8 color plates of the artists work. Cardboard case has shelf-wear, markings/scuffing.
