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Title: RICHTER 858 by Gerhard Richter, David Breskin, Dave Hickey, Klaus Kertess ISBN: 0-9718610-0-5 Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $175.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A plethora of pleasures
Comment: You don't have to be an afficionado of contemporary poetry, or an art lover, to appreciate the many delights housed within the aluminum slip case of this work. But if you happen to be either, or both, this book is a must.
The "book" has, in this case, evolved well beyond the concept of an art tome. The joining of music, poetry and lovingly accurate reproductions under one cover makes the circumnavigation of this opus is a particularly rich eexperience. Which is not to say that listening to the music , or dipping into one poem, is not an entirely satisfying moment by itself.
Be prepared, however: this gesamtwerk is big, and will not fit into an ordinary bookcase! The paintings being reproduced to scale has dictated the extra large format, but the extraordinarily accurate pictorial results are worth the extra weight.
Rating: 5
Summary: Just when you thought realism was dead
Comment: This is a gorgeous book by a man who in the future will be credited with debunking all the art critics who since the 1950s have been shouting to themselves that Realism is dead, or the ones that still shout "painting is dead." Gerhard Richter breaks all the rules of "being an artist." He has worked in a variety of styles, refusing to produce a "style" as often artists are supposed to do. In his ealy photorealistic -paintings Richter copied ordinary, found images onto canvas, but gave them an indistinct appearance. Again, by working directly from photographs, he manages to debunk all the criticism that such techniques often bring. This subversive realism is now more evident than ever, in these later, almost fuzzy works that still manage to knock the visual senses as if shouting: "Long Live Painting - Long Live Realism!"
Rating: 5
Summary: A Feast for Eyes and Ears
Comment: I've only recently become acquainted with the range of Gerhard Richter's work, but the series of eight abstract paintings which are being celebrated here are enough to justify his reputation for me, and the sheer richness and resolution of their presentation in this book is of a standard I've never come across anywhere. Elegant, sensuous and gorgeous, this is more than a 'typical' art book in manners large and small; includes insightful essays by writers like Dave Hickey, poetry, and a CD by Bill Frisell with a string trio that's a lot more quirky and edgy than his recent stuff, in a good way (no banjos). The book's editor, David Breskin, has done an amazing job - the aluminum slipcase is a pretty sharp touch, too.
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Title: Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting by Robert Storr, Gerhard Richter ISBN: 189102437X Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York Pub. Date: 15 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Gerhard Richter: Watercolors: 1964-1997 by Gerhard Richter, Dieter Schwarz ISBN: 3933807050 Publisher: Richter Verlag Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: The Daily Practice of Painting: Writings 1962-1993 by Gerhard Richter, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, David Britt ISBN: 026268084X Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 05 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Gerhard Richter: Doubt and Belief in Painting by Gerhard Richter, Robert Storr ISBN: 0870703552 Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Art Now by Uta Grosenick ISBN: 382281444X Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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