A Diverse Range of Styles
The 2001 Retrospective at MOMA displayed how diverse Richter's paintings are. His early work is of blurred figurative paintings, both with and without colour followed by seductive abstract paintings, with a colour palette that is either brilliant or subdued. His surprisingly diverse range of work has received prolonged discussion from critics, especially due to Richter's disregard for "traditional" stylistic progression and his use of photographs.
Gerhard's 'overpainting's' are an interesting process and ideas. His application of paint to a photograph seems to lead to many interesting outcomes.
His application almost refuses to interact with the virtual 3 dimensional space within the 2 dimensional image - creating a kind of barrier between the viewer and image background.
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