Gerhard Richter (Basic Art)

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity. Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood's most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbell's soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of...

A colorful exploration of the life and work of Gerhard Richter An encounter with Gerhard Richter, the German artist who widened horizons in the relationship between painting and reality. From early photographic paintings, along with his famous RAF cycle, to late abstract paintings, experiencing Richter’s work always offers us the unexpected and unseen. Where he once set out to liberate the medium from ideological ballast, today, faced with the overwhelming presence of digital images, he shows us...

Eine feinsinnige Erkundung von Leben und Werk Gerhard Richters Eine Begegnung mit dem deutschen Kunstler Gerhard Richter, der dem Verhaltnis von Malerei und Wirklichkeit neue Horizonte eroffnete. Von seinen fruhen, fotografischen Gemalden, uber den beruhmten RAF-Zyklus, bis zu den spaten abstrakten Bildern – im Erleben von Richters Werken begegnet man stets dem Unerwarteten und Ungesehenen. Einst angetreten, das Medium vom ideologischen Ballast zu befreien, zeigt er uns heute, angesichts der...