Gerhard Richter – Panorama

Published on the occa­sion of a land­mark retro­spec­tive at Tate Modern, London, Panorama offers a sweep­ing survey of Gerhard Richter’s prolific career — from early photo­re­al­ist paint­ings and concep­tual photo-works to abstract canvases and glass installations.

Born in Dresden in 1932 and later relo­cat­ing to Düssel­dorf, Richter has spent over five decades pushing the bound­aries of paint­ing, deftly navi­gat­ing between figu­ra­tion and abstrac­tion while ques­tion­ing the very nature of repre­sen­ta­tion. This cata­logue accom­pa­nies the 2011 – 2012 exhi­bi­tion that trav­eled from Tate Modern to the Neue Nation­al­ga­lerie, Berlin, and the Centre Pompi­dou, Paris — marking the artist’s 80th year.

Richly illus­trated and schol­arly, this first edition includes essays by leading cura­tors and critics, as well as inter­views and archival mate­r­ial, contex­tu­al­iz­ing Richter’s evolv­ing prac­tice within postwar and contem­po­rary art. A must-have for collec­tors, artists, and anyone inter­ested in the shift­ing land­scape of modern painting.