This volume presents
landscapes by Gerhard Richter spanning 35 years: outstanding, large - format
reproductions and two major essays elucidate the artist's working methods and his philosophy, while demonstrating that Richter's
landscapes and
abstract works, far from being artistic opposites, are closely related aspects
of the painter's unique appropriation
of reality.
Fusing
landscape photography with painted shapes and
abstract forms, the artist explores themes
of visual perception and
reproduction, all the while challenging the boundaries
of painting as a medium.