Gerhard Richter: November - Softcover

Gerhard Richter; Dieter Schwarz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993010318 ISBN 13: 9780993010316

Publisher: Heni Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

November presents German artist Gerhard Richter's series of the same name - comprised of 54 ink drawings - so called due to their creation throughout the month of November in 2008. Richter assumed this method after accidentally dripping ink on to a sheet of highly absorbent paper and realising that two related images formed on the front and back. He then began to manipulate the ink in various ways - changing its consistency and applying lacquer or pencil to add further detail. Reworking this method on 27 sheets of paper, he was able to create 54 images in total, presented in the book as facsimiles, so that both sides of each piece of paper can be viewed at the same time. These are labelled with the date that they were produced and arranged in order. The book also contains an overview of the series, featuring thumbnails of each of the works and a text by Dieter Schwarz - Director of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland - detailing Richter's wider practice, and more specifically, the relevance of November to this.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerhard Richter is a German artist who lives and works in Cologne, Germany. Considered to be one of the most eminent artists of the present day, Richter's impressive career spans five decades. Largely exploring the medium of painting and its many facets, his work also incorporates other mediums such as photography and drawing. Richter has exhibited internationally, including a major retrospective, Panorama, at Tate Modern, London in 2012, which travelled to the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heni Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0993010318
• ISBN 13: 9780993010316
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72