weekend #17 photos
Previous posts are here 1 & here 2.
Gerhard Richter’s art is…AMAZING!
His photo paintings are amazing, his abstract works are amazing, wow!
Landwehrkanal
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
February 12, 2012 – May 13, 2012
A looong queue at 10:30 am
Not so long queue at 3 pm.
Photo-paintings and the Blur
Many of these paintings are made in a multi-step process of representations. He starts with a photograph, which he has found or taken himself, and projects it onto his canvas, where he traces it for exact form.
Taking his color palette from the photograph, he paints to replicate the look of the original picture.
His hallmark “blur”—sometimes a softening by the light touch of a soft brush, sometimes a hard smear by an aggressive pull with his squeegee—has two effects:
1. It offers the image a photographic appearance; and
2. Paradoxically, it testifies the painter’s actions, both skilled and coarse,
and the plastic nature of the paint itself.
In some paintings blurs and smudges are severe enough to disrupt the image; it becomes hard to understand or believe. The subject is nullified. In these paintings, images and symbols (such as landscapes, portraits, and news photos) are rendered fragile illusions, fleeting conceptions in our constant reshaping of the world.
Wikipedia tells you more > here.
Betty
Reader 1994
More Richter’s candles > here
Richter’s Ema, Nude on a Staircase
Toilet Paper Roll
lots of artsy shadows, right 🙂
Have a relaxing weekend
before celebrating May the 1st! 🙂
32 thoughts on “city break in BEARlin, part 3”
Really wonderful works. Very inspiring.
there are amazingly talented people out there…so very cool!! thanks for sharing!!! loved this post!!
Amazing art work — no wonder there was such a queue!
Happy Sunday!
🙂
Traci
I love the nude… she looks so natural and beautiful.
Mollyxxx
I LOVED the Candle and the Toilet Paper! Such a sharp shadow on the latter. The Nude also had some great light play!
Thanks for sharing,
John
The paintings are so realistic, amazing artwork.
I have waited in long lines too in the past for special exhibitions at the New Orleans Museum of Art. I like the toilet paper roll!
That is a unique technique. The photos are great, BLOGitse. 😀 Hope Mr BLOGitse had a great birthday!
Happy Sunday!
All the art work is lovely – I especially like the girl reading.
However, what REALLY caught my eye is the toilet paper going down the back, which IS OF COURSE what I call “the right way” to roll!!!!
thanks so much for sharing! Beautiful!
An interesting set of art work.
What a great city to visit, Berlin! This artist is way out there. Glad you enjoyed your trip 🙂
very artsy 🙂
What a fabulous artist. I enjoyed you commentary on how he approached and carries out his art. He is amazing. No wonder the queue was so long. I am sure the show was well worth the wait. His blur is so delicate. What a wonderful post. genie
I love that first shot.
Thank you for your contribution to Shadow Shot Sunday 2!
Luscious shadows. Have a safe and happy weekend!
Fascinating approach! Thanks for sharing the info.
Intriguing art with a sense of spiritual stillness! Love the streetscape presentation of it! And wonderful view of the waterway in the first photo!
This is great art! I like how we view these and try to determine if it is real or an illusion. It prompts us to linger and check our senses again and again. Art should make us think a little bit – that’s what is so enjoyable about any and all art! That gallery building is artistic all by itself too!
Amazing talent. Beautiful!
It’s certainly an interesting technique this artist uses. I quite like the effect!
Terrific, different shadow shots for the day! Great art work! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a lovely weekend!
Sylvia
The queue at 3 p.m. consisted of stragglers who started at 10:30 a.m. It was a long day!
Seeking Clarity—and Shadows
Upeita !Tuo tekniikka on muutenkin tosi kiinnostava. Täällä näin just näyttelyn ,jossa paikallinen artisti käytti samanlaista tekniikkaa ja kuvat olivat häkellyttävän upeita!
Häkellyttävä – se on hyvä sana! Olin kyllä todella häkeltynyt Richterin töistä, tosi upeita!
Katos vaan, olet käynyt Richterin näyttelyssä. Minulla on -heh heh – jonkinlainen “suhde” Richteriin, kun meillä on yhteinen lääkäri ja olen nähnyt hänet odotushuoneessa ja hän on lahjoittanut sille lääkärille yhden grafiikkansa. Ja last but not least, hänen suunnittelemansa iso lasi-ikkuna on Kölnin tuomiokirkossa.
Olen kateellinen. Minusta tuli kertaheitolla Richterin fani. Aivan mahtavia töitä.
Selasin netissä reissun jälkeen hänen muitakin töitään – joita riittää – mahtavia.
Kölnissä pitää joskus käydä, skidinä viimeksi siellä ollut… 🙂
Kaikkein kuuluisin, arvostetuin ja kallein nyky-Saksan kuvataiteilija!
Juu, on tullut selväksi! 🙂 Ilmankos minä tykkään!!!
Kylläpäs onkin vaikuttavia töitä!! Vallankin livenä nähtynä, uskon.
Leppoisaa ja maukasta viikonvaihdetta ja Vappua!
Livenä tietty sata parempia! Olin aivan myyty…
Mukavaa kevätviikonloppua ja vappua sinullekin!