GERMAN VISUAL ARTIST. WITH POLKE AND LUEG HE INTRODUCED THE TERM KAPITALISTISCHER REALISMUS (CAPITALISTIC REALISM) AS AN ANTI-STYLE OF ART, APPROPRIATING THE PICTORIAL SHORTHAND OF ADVERTISING. THIS TITLE ALSO REFERRED TO THE REALIST STYLE OF ART KNOWN AS SOCIALIST REALISM, THE GERHARD RICHTER ARCHIVE WAS ESTABLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE ARTIST IN 2005 AS AN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE ART COLLECTIONS IN DRESDEN, GERMANY (WWW.GERHARD-RICHTER-ARCHIV.DE). RICHTER HAS STATED THAT THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGERY AS A STARTING POINT FOR HIS EARLY PAINTINGS RESULTED FROM AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE THE COMPLICATED PROCESS OF DECIDING WHAT TO PAINT.
GERMAN VISUAL ARTIST. WITH POLKE AND LUEG HE INTRODUCED THE TERM KAPITALISTISCHER REALISMUS (CAPITALISTIC REALISM) AS AN ANTI-STYLE OF ART, APPROPRIATING THE PICTORIAL SHORTHAND OF ADVERTISING. THIS TITLE ALSO REFERRED TO THE REALIST STYLE OF ART KNOWN AS SOCIALIST REALISM, THE GERHARD RICHTER ARCHIVE WAS ESTABLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE ARTIST IN 2005 AS AN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE ART COLLECTIONS IN DRESDEN, GERMANY (WWW.GERHARD-RICHTER-ARCHIV.DE). RICHTER HAS STATED THAT THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGERY AS A STARTING POINT FOR HIS EARLY PAINTINGS RESULTED FROM AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE THE COMPLICATED PROCESS OF DECIDING WHAT TO PAINT.
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