Sharpening Richter, 2017

title: Fig. 008 “Sharpening Richter (Dead)”
material: JPEG size: a4 year: 2017

Remax on Gerhard Richter’s cycle October 18, 1977 of 9 of the 15 paintings created between March and November 1988 by sharpening them with the sharpening filter (3x) in Pixelmator. The paintings are the result of his fascination with terrorist group the Red Army Faction (RAF), which had been active in Germany since the beginning of the 1970s.

Readyfound paintings: Arrest 1 (Festnahme 1). 1988. Oil on canvas, 92 x 126.5 cm / Confrontation 2 (Gegenüberstellung 2). 1988. Oil on canvas, 112 x 102 cm / Confrontation 3 (Gegenüberstellung 3). 1988. Oil on canvas, 112 x 102 cm / Hanged (Erhangte). 1988. Oil on canvas, 201 x 140 cm / Record Player (Plattenspieler). 1988. Oil on canvas, 62 x 83 cm / Cell (Zelle). 1988. Oil on canvas, 201 x 140 cm / Man Shot Down 2 (Erschossener 2). 1988. Oil on Canvas 100.5 x 140.5 cm / Dead (Tote). 1988, Oil on canvas, 62 x 73 cm / Funeral (Beerdigung). 1988. Oil on canvas 200 x 320 cm.

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https://historyofourworld.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/october-18-1977-gerhard-richter/