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Gerhard Richter — Grey Paintings
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Surface as Residue
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Structural Atmospheres
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-082
Origin:
Germany
Era:
1960s–present
Themes / Lineage:
reduction • quiet material
Field Notes:
grey • surface • residue
Quiet Modernism appears here as lingering presence recorded on surface.

Surface as Residue

Gerhard Richter — Grey Paintings

Material traces remain.

Action withdraws.

Presence lingers.

What remains after action?
Surface often presents completion, yet traces linger. Material holds what has withdrawn. What continues is presence sustained through residue.

Surface often presents completion, yet traces linger.

Material holds what has withdrawn.

What continues is presence sustained through residue.

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Artist Overview

Gerhard Richter
image as uncertainty

In Dialogue

Agnes Denes
thought as environmental structure
Robert Morris
gesture as system
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