Gerhard Richter & Dieter Roth
dal 2/12/2003 al 20/12/2003
Segnalato da
2/12/2003
Gerhard Richter & Dieter Roth
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
Dieter Roth: this exhibition will feature drawing, collage and sculpture in the unconventional manner and impulsive spirit that are distinctive of this artist. Gerhard Richter. Richter's first paintings were inspired by images from newspapers and magazines, and he began to take his own photographs in the early 1970's. This exhibition will focus on the artist's varied use of that medium.
Selected Works
Nolan/Eckman Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of selected
works by Gerhard Richter and Dieter Roth.
Dieter Roth is one of the authentic wild men of art. In love with
improvisation and surprise, he drew with both hands simultaneously,
printed with vegetable juice and mayonnaise, and made sculpture from
chocolate and rabbit turds. This exhibition will feature drawing,
collage and sculpture in the unconventional manner and impulsive spirit
that are distinctive of this artist.
Gerhard Richter's eye is cerebral and his method deliberate. Elegant and
contemplative, his work thoroughly investigates the perception of visual
information in both abstract and representational form. Richter works
with precision, developing complex themes that he expands over decades.
Photography has been fundamental; Richter's first paintings were
inspired by images from newspapers and magazines, and he began to take
his own photographs in the early 1970's. This exhibition will focus on
the artist's varied use of that medium.
Dieter Roth was born in Germany in 1930. Roth was active in the Fluxus
movement, and spent time in the US in the 1960's, teaching at Yale and
RISD. In later years he divided his time between studios and homes in
Switzerland and Iceland. Dieter Roth died suddenly in June 1998. His
work has been seen regularly at Nolan/Eckman since 1988. A
retrospective of his work will open at the Museum of Modern Art, New
York in March 2004.
Gerhard Richter was born in 1932 in Dresden, then part of East Germany.
He is widely considered to be one of the most important contemporary
artists. Richter's continuing personal collection of photographs, known
as the Atlas, is owned by Museum Lembachhaus, Munich. Nolan/Eckman has
shown Richter's work on paper since 1988. Richter has exhibited very
widely, including a traveling US retrospective which began at the Museum
of Modern Art, New York in 2002.
The gallery will be closed from December 21 - January 2. Watercolors &
drawings by Joe Zucker will open on January 8.
Image:
GERHARD RICHTER
Untitled (578-1), 1985
Oil on canvas
47 1/4 x 33 1/2 inches
120 x 85 cm
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