Abstract Painting 825-II, 69 Details [Hardcover]

Gerhard Richter (Author), Hans Ulrich Obrist (Author)

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Each page of this tiny hardcover book (it measures 7 1/2 by 4 3/4 inches) presents one of 69 details of a single abstract painting by German artist Gerhard Richter. Richter photographed the details head-on, thus compelling viewers to look at each of the details as a new painting, a whole unto itself. Each fragment fills an entire page; blank pages are inserted between the details. Each of these new paintings could be considered a candidate for further examination, cleverly forcing viewers to adjust and reexamine their ways of seeing.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: Scalo Publishers; First Edition edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 393114142X
• ISBN-13: 978-3931141424
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,373,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For the Richter aficionado and student of the arts, September 25, 2000

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"lianas" (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abstract Painting 825-II, 69 Details (Hardcover)

I am mad about Gerhard Richter. Especially when it comes to his masked and stripped oil paintings. Therefore it makes sense that I would have to acquire this little book full of detail panels of Richter's painting. That's it. That's why you would buy this thing. It's straightforward and there's really no other use for it once you are done staring. It gets filed under "reference" in my library. When someone wants to see what it is about this German painter that get me so juiced, and we don't want to run out to the Saint Louis Art Museum and I don't have Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation lying around (or even if I do) then I let them flip through this little art book.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l, February 25, 2002

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dov (Tel Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abstract Painting 825-II, 69 Details (Hardcover)

it is so sensual - makes me want to lick the pages. i sit with my daughter (21 months old) and we both just sink into it. life is beautiful. and sad.