New Gerhard Richter paintings on display in Cologne
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Works by the record-breaking artist, Gerhard Richter, have gone on display at Cologne's Museum Ludwig.
The exhibition coincides with the artist's 85th birthday and features new abstract works that have never been seen by the public.
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Just one of the 26 new abstract artworks by German artist Gerhard Richter on show at Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
Most have been painted on different sized canvases, featuring bright colours and detailed, multilayered compositions.
The exhibition "Gerhard Richter, Neue Bilder (New Paintings)" presents twenty-six abstract Richter paintings for the first time, all of which were created last year.
The opening coincides with Richter's 85th birthday (9 Feb).
Museum Ludwig curator Rita Kersting explains how the pieces came together.
"Gerhard Richter knew that we wanted to present all the nice paintings we have from him on the occasion of his eighty-fifth birthday, but he said do it, feel free, do it as you like, I will be away on holidays then. However, three months ago he called us and he said that we should come over to have a look at his new paintings and he said that there might probably be an opportunity for us to show them. And then we paid a visit to his studio that is only a 15 minutes drive away from the Museum Ludwig and we have seen his new paintings. And we were surprised and delighted to see these powerful, strong, differentiated and in parts also brightly shining paintings," she says.
The artist used a paintbrush, a palette knife, a squeegee, and a knife to shape many of these oil paintings.
"The possibilities to work and to act with different tools on the canvas are certainly finite. However, these paintings are completely different compared to the abstract paintings he has created for example 10 to 15 years ago. These paintings are much more uneasy, more nervous and they shine more, they are more multipartite. And when you get closer to the paintings, you don't know where to look first, because there are so many spaces to find next to each other opening themselves into depth. Successively arranged and also created with the use of totally different methods on the canvas: with a brush, squeegee, with a knife, with the back of the brush he scratches into the paintings," says Kersting.
Richter has been described as one of the most famous artists of his time, presenting a tension between figuration and abstraction, significance and banality.
His works also fetch eye-wateringly high prices at auction. Richter's Abstraktes Bild fetched £30.4 (m)illion ( sterling) when it was sold at auction in London in 2015. It was a new record for a work sold by a living European artist.
Professor Henrik Hanstein is the CEO of auction house Lempertz in Cologne. He says Richter has a significant place in art history.
"I think the description 'the most expensive artist in the world', 'the most expensive living artist', 'the most expensive German artist' is no title. It is no positive title. In my point of view he is one of the best in the world. He has really created something extraordinary. He has an extraordinary position. Price is not the same as value. I wouldn't focus too much on the price. Who knows if this will remain? Sometimes on occasion it can even happen that a painting of him is not sold (at auctions), but this doesn't matter at all. His significance in art history is excellent," he says.
Hanstein says Richter painting have proven to be a good long term investment.
Since the late 1970s, abstract pictures have dominated Richter's work.
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Works by the record-breaking artist, Gerhard Richter, have gone on display at Cologne's Museum Ludwig.
The exhibition coincides with the artist's 85th birthday and features new abstract works that have never been seen by the public.
STORY-LINE
Just one of the 26 new abstract artworks by German artist Gerhard Richter on show at Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
Most have been painted on different sized canvases, featuring bright colours and detailed, multilayered compositions.
The exhibition "Gerhard Richter, Neue Bilder (New Paintings)" presents twenty-six abstract Richter paintings for the first time, all of which were created last year.
The opening coincides with Richter's 85th birthday (9 Feb).
Museum Ludwig curator Rita Kersting explains how the pieces came together.
"Gerhard Richter knew that we wanted to present all the nice paintings we have from him on the occasion of his eighty-fifth birthday, but he said do it, feel free, do it as you like, I will be away on holidays then. However, three months ago he called us and he said that we should come over to have a look at his new paintings and he said that there might probably be an opportunity for us to show them. And then we paid a visit to his studio that is only a 15 minutes drive away from the Museum Ludwig and we have seen his new paintings. And we were surprised and delighted to see these powerful, strong, differentiated and in parts also brightly shining paintings," she says.
The artist used a paintbrush, a palette knife, a squeegee, and a knife to shape many of these oil paintings.
"The possibilities to work and to act with different tools on the canvas are certainly finite. However, these paintings are completely different compared to the abstract paintings he has created for example 10 to 15 years ago. These paintings are much more uneasy, more nervous and they shine more, they are more multipartite. And when you get closer to the paintings, you don't know where to look first, because there are so many spaces to find next to each other opening themselves into depth. Successively arranged and also created with the use of totally different methods on the canvas: with a brush, squeegee, with a knife, with the back of the brush he scratches into the paintings," says Kersting.
Richter has been described as one of the most famous artists of his time, presenting a tension between figuration and abstraction, significance and banality.
His works also fetch eye-wateringly high prices at auction. Richter's Abstraktes Bild fetched £30.4 (m)illion ( sterling) when it was sold at auction in London in 2015. It was a new record for a work sold by a living European artist.
Professor Henrik Hanstein is the CEO of auction house Lempertz in Cologne. He says Richter has a significant place in art history.
"I think the description 'the most expensive artist in the world', 'the most expensive living artist', 'the most expensive German artist' is no title. It is no positive title. In my point of view he is one of the best in the world. He has really created something extraordinary. He has an extraordinary position. Price is not the same as value. I wouldn't focus too much on the price. Who knows if this will remain? Sometimes on occasion it can even happen that a painting of him is not sold (at auctions), but this doesn't matter at all. His significance in art history is excellent," he says.
Hanstein says Richter painting have proven to be a good long term investment.
Since the late 1970s, abstract pictures have dominated Richter's work.
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