Literature

Gerhard Richter. Acht Grau

Category Solo Exhibitions
Author Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
Date 2002
Publisher Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit
Details Hardback, 127 pages
ISBN 3775712747
Language German

Catalogue accompanying the exhibition Gerhard Richter. Acht Grau at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany.

 

This exhibition catalogue for the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin details Richter’s experiments with glass and mirrors, and their relationship to painting. Alluding to a modern interpretation of the momento mori, he tackles the apparent nothingness, the void through his large grey mirror pieces. Nearly 50 drawings from 1965 to the present, as well as studies for the Berlin installation have been included.

 

This publication concludes with an essay by Richter expert Benjamin H.D. Buchloh.

The following artworks are mentioned, discussed or illustrated in the book:

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Kugel I
Sphere I 1989 Catalogue Raisonné: 70
Bild und Spiegel, mit Glasplatte abgesperrt
Picture and Mirror, Closed Off With Glass Pane 1976 Catalogue Raisonné: 76/10 Illustrated: p. 58 (colour)
Bilder und Spiegel
Pictures and Mirror 1976 Catalogue Raisonné: 76/11 Illustrated: p. 59 (colour)
Kugel II
Sphere II 1992 Catalogue Raisonné: 76
Kugel III
Sphere III 1992 Catalogue Raisonné: 77
4 Glasscheiben
4 Panes of Glass 1967 Catalogue Raisonné: 160 Illustrated: p. 33, 34 (colour)
Königsallee (grau)
Königsallee (Grey) 1969 Catalogue Raisonné: 225-1 Illustrated: p. 43 (colour)
Grau (Borke)
Grey (Bark) 1973 Catalogue Raisonné: 348-7 Illustrated: p. 47 (colour)
Grau
Grey 1976 Catalogue Raisonné: 392-2 Illustrated: p. 57 (colour)
Glasscheibe
Pane of Glass 1977 Catalogue Raisonné: 415/1-2 Illustrated: p. 65 (colour)
Doppelglasscheibe
Double Pane of Glass 1977 Catalogue Raisonné: 416 Illustrated: p. 64 (colour)
Faust
Faust 1980 Catalogue Raisonné: 460
Reichstag
Reichstag 1997 Catalogue Raisonné: 647 Illustrated: p. 94 (colour)
Reichstag
Reichstag 1997 Catalogue Raisonné: 648 Illustrated: p. 94 (colour)
Reichstag
Reichstag 1997 Catalogue Raisonné: 649 Illustrated: p. 95 (colour)
Reichstag
Reichstag 1997 Catalogue Raisonné: 650 Illustrated: p. 95 (colour)
Reichstag
Reichstag 1998 Catalogue Raisonné: 651 Illustrated: p. 96 (colour)
Reichstag
Reichstag 1998 Catalogue Raisonné: 652 Illustrated: p. 96 (colour)
Reichstag
Reichstag 1998 Catalogue Raisonné: 653 Illustrated: p. 97 (colour)
Reichstag
Reichstag 1998 Catalogue Raisonné: 654 Illustrated: p. 97 (colour)
Reichstag
Reichstag 1998 Catalogue Raisonné: 655 Illustrated: p. 98 (colour)
Glasfenster, 625 Farben
Stained-Glass Window, 625 Colours 1989 Catalogue Raisonné: 703 Illustrated: p. 75 (colour)
Sechs Spiegel für eine Bank
Six Mirrors for a Bank 1991 Catalogue Raisonné: 741 Illustrated: p. 89 (colour)
Grauer Spiegel
Grey Mirror 1991 Catalogue Raisonné: 751-1 Illustrated: p. 91 (colour)
Grauer Spiegel
Grey Mirror 1991 Catalogue Raisonné: 751-2 Illustrated: p. 91 (colour)
Grauer Spiegel
Grey Mirror 1991 Catalogue Raisonné: 751-3 Illustrated: p. 91 (colour)
Grauer Spiegel
Grey Mirror 1991 Catalogue Raisonné: 751-4 Illustrated: p. 91 (colour)
Schwarz, Rot, Gold
Black, Red, Gold 1999 Catalogue Raisonné: 856 Illustrated: p. 99 (colour)
Glasscheibe
Pane of Glass 2002 Catalogue Raisonné: 876-1 Illustrated: p. 100 (colour)
4 stehende Scheiben
4 Standing Panes 2002 Catalogue Raisonné: 877-1 Illustrated: p. 102 (colour)
Acht Grau
Eight Grey 2002 Catalogue Raisonné: 878/1-8
7 stehende Scheiben
7 Standing Panes 2002 Catalogue Raisonné: 879-1 Illustrated: p. 105 (colour)
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This catalogue was published on the occasion of the following exhibition:

Gerhard Richter. Acht Grau Gerhard Richter: Eight Grey Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany 11 October 2002 - 05 January 2003