Oil paint on aluminium
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Abstract Painting Grey 8803
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
abstraction
blur
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
gestural
monochromatic
non-representational
painting oil paint aluminium
28 August 2009 – 15 November 2009
2009-11-15
28 August 2009 – 15 November 2009
2009-11-15
2009-08-28
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Middlesbrough, UK)
http://www.visitmima.com/
2009-08-28
Gerhard Richter: Modern Times
Loan-out
6 September 2014 – 6 December 2014
2014-12-06
6 September 2014 – 6 December 2014
2014-12-06
2014-09-06
Dick Institute (Kilmarnock, UK)
http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/comser/arts_museums/venues.asp
2014-09-06
ARTIST ROOMS 2014: Gerhard Richter
Loan-out
26 September 2015 – 16 January 2016
2016-01-16
26 September 2015 – 16 January 2016
2016-01-16
2015-09-26
The Box (Plymouth, UK)
2015-09-26
ARTIST ROOMS 2015: Gerhard Richter
Loan-out
12 May 2018 – 18 August 2018
2018-08-18
12 May 2018 – 18 August 2018
2018-08-18
2018-05-12
John Hansard Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~hansard/
2018-05-12
ARTIST ROOMS 2017: Gerhard Richter
Loan-out
Abstract Painting (Grey) (880-3)
support: 2204 × 1544 × 55 mm
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Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>When, in the early 1980s, Richter began to develop an abstract way of painting that avoided overt expression and subjectivity, he chose to paint exclusively in grey. Grey was neutral, grey was neither positive nor negative, grey was perhaps even dull. At various times since then, Richter has returned to using grey when he was attempting something new and did not want the added complications of colour. In the early 2000s, he began to explore ways of looking behind appearances by using scientific principles and discoveries. This painting is part of that group of works.</p>

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abstraction blur emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities gestural monochromatic non-representational