Gerhard Richter
David Zwirner Gallery, London
Opening January 25, 2024
11.8.2023 (3), 2023
Colored ink and pencil on paper
© Gerhard Richter 2024 (25012024)
Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new and recent work by renowned German artist Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) at the gallery’s 24 Grafton Street location in London. This considered installation reaffirms Gerhard Richter’s unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of abstraction through formal and conceptual experimentation.
On view are important recent works that illustrate the ease and fascination with which Gerhard Richter moves across different mediums and modes of display in his practice. Centrally featured will be an abstract painting created in 2015—just two years before Richter’s decision to move away from oil paint and turn toward works on paper and installations with increasing dedication. A suite of new works on paper, all on view for the first time in this presentation, illuminates the newfound urgency and prominence that the artist has placed on process and technique in drawing. The exhibition is also include one of the largest examples of the artist’s digitally derived Strip paintings (begun in 2011), a selection of reflective Spiegel (Mirror) installations, and a group of works made with lacquer behind glass, highlighting his expansive approach to the painted medium. Together, these works speak to Gerhard Richter’s sustained inquiry into the fixity of perception and fundamentally examine the way in which we relate to images and visual abstraction.
This is the gallery’s first exhibition of Gerhard Richter’s work in London since announcing his representation in December 2022, and follows the artist’s recent debut at David Zwirner in New York, which took place in Spring 2023. A fully illustrated catalogue commemorating the 2023 exhibition is now available for purchase from David Zwirner Books. The publication includes a newly commissioned essay by Dieter Schwarz, one of the foremost experts on Gerhard Richter’s work.
DAVID ZWIRNER LONDON
24 Grafton Street, London
