Exhibition
7 January – 9 February 2017
450 Park Avenue, New York (map)

Phillips is pleased to present Gerhard Richter: Abstraktes Bild, which focuses on the artist's ongoing exploration of abstraction, a fascination of his since the early 1960s. The exhibition spans over 40 years and includes iconic, large-scale canvases as well as editioned works that are based on abstract paintings.

Highlighting the exhibition are four large-scale Abstraktes Bild paintings from 1985-1991. The artist executed his first painting utilizing a squeegee in 1980; this tool would come to define Richter's abstract oeuvre from then onwards. The squeegee enabled Richter to expose and obscure various layers of overpainting and underpainting within his compositions, effecting compositional nuances impossible to achieve with a brush alone.

Viewing Hours
Monday – Saturday 10am-6pm
Closed 14 – 16 January

Contact
Kate Bryan
kbryan@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1267

Richter Abstraktes

New York 7 January – 9 February 2017