Unveiling artist Gerhard Richter's new public sculpture: 'STRIP-TOWER' | Serpentine

Hans Ulrich Obrist introduces a new large-scale public work at Serpentine South by artist Gerhard Richter.

'STRIP-TOWER' expands on Richter’s six–decade exploration of painting, photography, digital reproduction and abstraction. He began developing his series of Strip Paintings in 2010, inspired by an earlier ‘squeegee painting’ titled 'Abstract Painting 724-4' (1990).

This painting was then photographed, scanned, digitally manipulated, and divided into two strips, then four, eight, sixteen and thirty-two. The vertical strips of the painting were stretched across horizontally and laminated onto aluminium and covered with Perspex.

'STRIP-TOWER' employs a similar method, in which colourful striped ceramic tiles form a dense composition covering two perpendicular panels. The intersecting panels create a cross section that visitors can stand within.

Visit 'STRIP-TOWER' for free outside Serpentine South until winter 2024.

Gerhard Richter sculpture made possible by HENI. Special thanks to ‪@googleartsculture‬

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