Comments on: Gerhard Richter and The Aura of Reproduction http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/ New York art news and reviews. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: is painting dead? « David Novak – AE – life in flat landhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-295263 is painting dead? « David Novak – AE – life in flat land Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:40:44 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=11723#comment-295263 [...] http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/ commentary on paintings of Gerhard Richter related to the topic: “Is Painting Dead?” [...] [...] http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/ commentary on paintings of Gerhard Richter related to the topic: “Is Painting Dead?” [...]

]]> By: Antoniohttp://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-213995 Antonio Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:30:50 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=11723#comment-213995 To say something is dead is rhetorical, especially in painting. I think Halle knows that, but it's an easy way into Richter's work, a way to start a review of painting show. But once in, there is no clear way out..."[...] I’d argue that his process rehearses the weighing of actions and their consequences: Do you paint a clear picture for yourself? Do you rely on abstractions? Do you make up your mind before changing it again? In this respect, his work rediscovers the moral center for a relativistic age: a metaphor for what we all go through when faced with the judgements that history compels us to make."Here, I think is the gristle of Halle's review. To say something is dead is rhetorical, especially in painting. I think Halle knows that, but it’s an easy way into Richter’s work, a way to start a review of painting show. But once in, there is no clear way out…

“[...] I’d argue that his process rehearses the weighing of actions and their consequences: Do you paint a clear picture for yourself? Do you rely on abstractions? Do you make up your mind before changing it again? In this respect, his work rediscovers the moral center for a relativistic age: a metaphor for what we all go through when faced with the judgements that history compels us to make.”

Here, I think is the gristle of Halle’s review.

]]> By: Antoniohttp://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-318123 Antonio Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=11723#comment-318123 To say something is dead is rhetorical, especially in painting. I think Halle knows that, but it's an easy way into Richter's work, a way to start a review of painting show. But once in, there is no clear way out..."[...] I’d argue that his process rehearses the weighing of actions and their consequences: Do you paint a clear picture for yourself? Do you rely on abstractions? Do you make up your mind before changing it again? In this respect, his work rediscovers the moral center for a relativistic age: a metaphor for what we all go through when faced with the judgements that history compels us to make."Here, I think is the gristle of Halle's review. To say something is dead is rhetorical, especially in painting. I think Halle knows that, but it’s an easy way into Richter’s work, a way to start a review of painting show. But once in, there is no clear way out…

“[...] I’d argue that his process rehearses the weighing of actions and their consequences: Do you paint a clear picture for yourself? Do you rely on abstractions? Do you make up your mind before changing it again? In this respect, his work rediscovers the moral center for a relativistic age: a metaphor for what we all go through when faced with the judgements that history compels us to make.”

Here, I think is the gristle of Halle’s review.

]]> By: Saulhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-208816 Saul Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:48:59 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=11723#comment-208816 Speaking to the question of whether or not painting is dead or dying consider this: Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only author to win a Nobel Prize in literature for stories written in Yiddish, was often asked why he wrote in a dying language. His reply: "Yiddish has been dying for a thousand years, and I'm sure it will go on dying for another thousand." Speaking to the question of whether or not painting is dead or dying consider this:
Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only author to win a Nobel Prize in literature for stories written in Yiddish, was often asked why he wrote in a dying language. His reply: “Yiddish has been dying for a thousand years, and I’m sure it will go on dying for another thousand.”

]]> By: Saulhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-318122 Saul Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:48:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=11723#comment-318122 Speaking to the question of whether or not painting is dead or dying consider this: Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only author to win a Nobel Prize in literature for stories written in Yiddish, was often asked why he wrote in a dying language. His reply: "Yiddish has been dying for a thousand years, and I'm sure it will go on dying for another thousand." Speaking to the question of whether or not painting is dead or dying consider this:
Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only author to win a Nobel Prize in literature for stories written in Yiddish, was often asked why he wrote in a dying language. His reply: “Yiddish has been dying for a thousand years, and I’m sure it will go on dying for another thousand.”

]]> By: tom moodyhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-208793 tom moody Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:51:07 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=11723#comment-208793 Halle says Richter has been squeegeeing/dragging paint for a decade. I hope that's a typo because it's more like four decades. Halle says Richter has been squeegeeing/dragging paint for a decade. I hope that’s a typo because it’s more like four decades.

]]> By: tom moodyhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2009/12/21/gerhard-richter-and-the-aura-of-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-318121 tom moody Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:51:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=11723#comment-318121 Halle says Richter has been squeegeeing/dragging paint for a decade. I hope that's a typo because it's more like four decades. Halle says Richter has been squeegeeing/dragging paint for a decade. I hope that’s a typo because it’s more like four decades.

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