A german painter, someone that has been highly recognised within my education in Art. Richter has used a diverse range of techniques and ideas including realist paintings based on photographs, colourful gestural abstractions such as the squeegee paintings, portraits, subtle landscapes and history paintings. I really like his work not only because he has a range of ideas but he also has a sense of colour within his squeegee works; something I enjoy.
He applies many layers of paint on top of each other whilst scrapping and working back into his works. Whilst he was creating these pieces he was listening to the music of John Cage, who inspired him to create the work the way he has.
I have found a video within the Tate Modern's website which shows Gerhard Richter and the Tate coming together for his new exhibition called Panorama. This is an amazing video and really opened my eyes not only to the work put into the exhibition but the ideas and history of him his self. My favourite work of his has to be his squeegee prints because I love the layers of colour. They really seem effortless but for an 80 year old man to be holding such tools is inspiring to think how much an artist puts into their works.
I have previously visited the Tate and seen the works in person; I was truly inspired as the huge pieces empower the room striking you with every glance. I have also used a squeegee before on a small scale and understand how hard it is to get the technique correct with the right amount of paint and pressure with also leads me to wonder how he has been able to draw upon such a large scale.
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