This important book encompasses Richter's entire career. With texts by leading international authorities on Richter's work, a new interview with the artist and over 300 illustrations,it will remain the most comprehensive survey of Richter's monumental achievements for many years to come.

Gerhard Richter is widely regarded as one of the most important painters at work in the world today and has exhibited at many of the world's leading art institutions. He is as well known for his figurative works as he is for his abstract paintings, often combining elements of both in groundbreaking ways.

On the occasion of a major, touring, retrospective exhibition, a collaboration between Tare Modern, London, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and Centre Pompidou, Paris, this important book encompasses Richter's entire career. With texts by leading international authorities on Richter's work, a new interview with the artist and over 300 illustrations,it will remain the most comprehensive survey of Richter's monumental achievements for many years to come.

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Gerhard Richter: Panorama

Mark Godfrey

I Have Nothing to Say and I'm Saying It

Nicholas Serota and Gerhard Richter

East or West, Home is Best

Friends, Family and Design in Richter's

Early Years

Christine Mehring

Damaged Landscapes

Mark Godfrey

The Blow-Up, Primary Colours

and Duplication

Camille Morineau

Dreh Dich Nicht Urn': Don't Turn Around.

Richter's Paintings of the Late 1980s

Achim Borchardt-Hume

Images of the World and the

Inscription of History

Rachel Haidu

That's as Far as it Goes

Dorothe-Brill

Chronology

Amy Dickson

Further Reading

Exhibited Works

Credits and Index