"Gerhard Richter" | |
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The South Bank Show episode | |
Episode no. | Series 26 Episode 10 |
Directed by | Gerald Fox |
Produced by | Gerald Fox |
Featured music | John Quinn |
Editing by | |
Original air date | 2 February 2003 |
Running time | 51 minutes |
"Gerhard Richter" is an art documentary episode which was broadcast on 2 February 2003, based on the life of a German visual artist Gerhard Richter[1] on The South Bank Show. The documentary was a production of LWT for the ITV series.[2][failed verification] It was directed and produced by Gerald Fox, introduced by Melvyn Bragg, and featured Gerhard Richter.[3][4]
Richter talks about how he grew up in East Germany where he attended Dresden's art school[5][failed verification][6][failed verification] and escaped to the other side just before the Berlin Wall was built[7][failed verification][8][failed verification] in this documentary. His entire artistic career is told in the documentary "Gerhardt Richter" made around the time of his enormously successful American retrospective at MOMA and SFMOMA[9][failed verification][10][failed verification] entitled "40 Years of Paintings."[11][failed verification] The movie follows the artist at his house in Cologne, where he is undergoing a period of reflection and preparation before moving on to another series of paintings.[12][failed verification][13][failed verification]