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Gerhard Richter: War Cut
Gerhard Richter
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Description for Gerhard Richter: War Cut
Hardback. In 1988, the author created one of the most controversial and fascinating political painting-cycles of all time, with his "Baader-Meinhof" series. Originally published only in German in 2004, this English version presents his attempt to accommodate the extremity of war. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 265 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1496.
In 1988, Gerhard Richter created one of the most controversial and fascinating political painting-cycles of all time, with his Baader-Meinhof series. In 2002, he returned to the theme of media and political truth with his artist’s book War Cut. For this project, Richter photographed 216 details of his abstract painting ‘No. 648-2’ (1987), and, working on a long table over a period of several weeks, combined these 4 x 6-inch details with 165 texts on the Iraq war, published in the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on the dates of the war’s outbreak (20 and 21 March 2003). ‘My method ... Read more
In 1988, Gerhard Richter created one of the most controversial and fascinating political painting-cycles of all time, with his Baader-Meinhof series. In 2002, he returned to the theme of media and political truth with his artist’s book War Cut. For this project, Richter photographed 216 details of his abstract painting ‘No. 648-2’ (1987), and, working on a long table over a period of several weeks, combined these 4 x 6-inch details with 165 texts on the Iraq war, published in the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on the dates of the war’s outbreak (20 and 21 March 2003). ‘My method ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
1496g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783863350420
SKU
V9783863350420
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