The photograph is the most perfect picture. It does not change; it is absolute, and therefore autonomous, unconditional, devoid of style. Both in its way of informing, and in what it informs of, it is my source. -Gerhard Richter
On what basis do you choose your format?
I choose depending on the way I feel; randomly, in other words. When I haven't done anything for a long time, I always start small, on paper.
Interview with Anna Tilroe, 1987
These are just a few examples of Richter's work. I love how you are able to see some of the images through the paint and I also enjoy the use of color with the black and white images. Even with colored images he is able to make the paint more powerful. His first solo exhibition was at Mobelhaus Berges, Dusseldorf in 1963. It was also the first time that he presented his photo-base painting style.
Richter modernized traditional art through blurred paintings over photographs. By having blurred them then it gives a feel of knowing what is there but not really knowing fully.
You can find these images and more at http://www.gerhard-richter.com/.
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