Gerhard Richter - Painting
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  • Summary: One of the world's greatest living painters, the German artist Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. The first glimpse inside his studio in decades, Gerhard Richter Painting is exactly that: a thrilling document of the 79-year-old's creative process, juxtaposed with rare archival footage and intimate conversations with his critics and collaborators. (Kino Lorber)… Expand

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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    Mar 28, 2012
    91
    The film is sketchy as biography, but it proves an aging artist can still crackle with the electricity of youth.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    Mar 13, 2012
    80
    Gerhard Richter Painting artfully and convincingly immerses us into the world of one of the greatest, painting.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    Jun 15, 2012
    80
    It is the achievement of Gerhard Richter Painting to shine a light on that hidden, private act as few other films have done.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    Mar 13, 2012
    80
    You will see the man toiling and revising - killing off half-good ideas, struggling for clarity - and it's a routine well worth demystifying.

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