{"product_id":"16234-kunst-zum-hoeren-gerhard-richter","title":"Kunst zum Hören: Gerhard Richter","description":"\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eThe abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter (*1932 in\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eDresden\u003c\/st1:city\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e) now dominate the artist’s oeuvre, which spans a period of nearly fifty years.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eThis audiobook features highlights from the magnificent exhibition \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eGerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings \u003c\/I\u003eat the Museum Ludwig, \u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eCologne\u003c\/st1:city\u003e, and the Haus der Kunst, \u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eMunich\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:city\u003e. Supplemented by extensive quotes from the artist and accompanied by musical excerpts from works by Johann Sebastian Bach and John Cage, over forty of Richter’s abstract paintings are presented from the period between 1986 and 2008. Beginning with the two most recent \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eseries\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e \u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eForest\u003c\/I\u003e\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003e \u003c\/I\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/SPAN\u003e(2005) and \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eCage\u003c\/I\u003e (2006), their typical visual characteristics are traced back to his work of the last twenty years. In the process, no attempts are made to describe a formal development—a venture of this kind would probably be doomed to failure, since a series of logical steps would contradict Richter’s concept of abstraction, in which “randomness, coincidence, imagination, and destruction do indeed create a certain type of visual, but never a predetermined image.”\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ePlaying time: 50:05\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eExhibition schedule: Haus der Kunst, \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eMunich\u003c\/st1:city\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e, February 27–May 17, 2009\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874867769608,"sku":"9783775724487","price":16.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775724487_7cef692f-f046-4fcf-8858-088deef340aa.jpg?v=1744108358","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/16234-kunst-zum-hoeren-gerhard-richter","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}