GERHARD RICHTER
MANÖVER, digital print with hand-drawn line, felt marker on Fly white paper, 300 g/m², paper size 37.7 × 49 cm. /14.8 x 19.3 inces, image size: 25.3 x 35.6 cm. /10 x 14 inches, edition 110 unique works, signed and numbered on the front, 2022
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detail with hand drawn line
detail, title and autograph, date
MANÖVER
The quintessence of Gerhard Richter’s painterly vocabulary is condensed in
“Manöver” (2022): slanted and fine, straight lines on pink paper suggest the
start of a grid pattern, alluding to the painter’s preference for
anti-subjective and mechanical processes. However, within this lattice
structure, the central motif is that of black formations, akin to ink blots,
surrounded by zones of fog. As so often in Richter’s work, there seems to be a
combination of impulse, chance, and system, linked together by the form of these
exploding splotches. In terms of content, there are definite associations with
war, underscored by the work’s title, “Manöver” (maneuver). Accordingly, the
viewer is prompted to project onto the work a sky that has been colored reddish
pink by bombs and rockets, marked with billowing smoke. “Manöver” thus takes its
place in Richter’s long line of political pieces, which begins with the
Baader-Meinhof cycle “Oktober 18, 1977” (1988) and continues through to
“September” (2005), his image of the burning World Trade Center. “Manöver” also
seems to reverberate with overtones of Russia’s current war of aggression
against Ukraine. Each of the editions is unique. Beginning from the black dot on
the upper left of the picture, Richter uses blue felt pen to draw a long
“zigzag” line across the picture. This line likewise creates an encounter
between impulse and system: while it has been made according to a preordained
principle, its realization is nonetheless extremely dynamic. Here, too, is a
gesture containing echoes of Richter’s entire oeuvre. (Texte Zur Kunst, december
2022)
Fence (P13),
giclée print, diasec mounted print on aluminium, 35.5 x 27 cm. /14 x 10.6
inches, Heni Productions Catalogue Number: P13, edition 500, numbered, 2015
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