Gerhard Richter Archive

The Gerhard Richter Archive (GRA for short) was founded in February 2006 as an institution of the Dresden State Art Collections . Gerhard Richter is a major artist of the 20th and 21st centuries in Europe of both classical modernism and abstraction. His work spans a period of almost six decades. The Gerhard Richter Archive in his home town of Dresden serves as a storage location, research facility and curates the two rooms with works by Gerhard Richter in the permanent exhibition ( location: Albertinum ). The work of the archive takes place in close consultation with the artist's Cologne studio. The most important research project of the archive is the elaboration and publication of the scientific catalog raisonné of pictures and sculptures by Gerhard Richter, which is planned for six volumes .

Gerhard Richter's pictures in Dresden

On the second floor of the Albertinum, two rooms are permanently dedicated to Gerhard Richter's work. The works exhibited there, including permanent loans from the Federal Republic of Germany and the artist himself, give an insight into all of the artist's previous work, from the early photo-realistic paintings such as the Secretary (14) to his computer-generated striped works or his most recent photographic works such as Birkenau (937a / 1-4) . The two rooms are rebuilt several times a year and thus give the opportunity to get to know different facets of the plant. Many of the artist's special exhibitions in Dresden were also held in these rooms as part of the normal exhibition tour.

Holdings of the Gerhard Richter Archive

The artist archive collects all publications, photographs, image and sound carriers that contain relevant information and contributions about art and the artist Gerhard Richter. Dietmar Elger has been its director since it was founded. Unpublished papers and documents, correspondence and photographs are an essential part of the archive. In addition to scientific treatises, the Gerhard Richter Archive also contains everyday items such as magnets, bags, cloths, novels, school and children's books, card games, CDs, LPs, DVDs, pencil boxes and much more. These materials can be viewed by scientists after registration.

In addition to the "classic archive material", the Gerhard Richter Archive also collects art by and with Gerhard Richter.

Exhibitions and events of the Gerhard Richter Archive

The Gerhard Richter Archive organizes exhibitions, symposia and lecture series independently or in cooperation with other institutions.

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter. New pictures, Albertinum Dresden, May 20, 2017 to September 3, 2017
Benjamin Katz photographs Gerhard Richter. An exhibition on the 85th birthday of Gerhard Richter, cabinet exhibition in the Albertinum Dresden, January 31, 2017 to May 31, 2017
Gerhard Richter. New presentation, Albertinum Dresden, February 28, 2015 to September 27, 2015
Judge. Documentation of an exhibition, cabinet exhibition in the Albertinum Dresden, April 8, 2014 to June 1, 2014
Louise Lawler, cabinet exhibition in the Albertinum Dresden, April 24, 2012 to July 15, 2012
Gerhard Richter. Atlas, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden, February 4, 2012 to April 22, 2012
Gerhard Richter Archive, Art Library of the State Art Collections Dresden, 2007.

Symposia

Gerhard Richter. Abstraction , 6th symposium of the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, March 5, 2018.
Lecture and discussion event for the first presentation of the BIRKENAU images , with Prof. Dr. Bruno Haas and Prof. Dr. Karl-Siegbert Rehberg from the Technical University of Dresden, Albertinum Dresden, September 21, 2015.
talking images . A lecture series in cooperation with the Institute for Art and Musicology of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden Castle, April 22, 2009 to June 3, 2009
Visual media media images . Symposium in cooperation with the Institute for Art and Musicology of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden Castle, November 8, 2008
Gerhard Richter. Six lectures on the occasion of his 75th birthday , symposium in cooperation with the Institute for Art and Musicology of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden Castle, February 10, 2007

Publications of the Gerhard Richter Archive

Dietmar Elger: Catalog raisonné of pictures and sculptures by Gerhard Richter, Ostfildern-Ruit
- Volume 1: Works from 1962 to 1968 (published 2011), ISBN 978-3-7757-1978-0
- Volume 2: Works from 1968 to 1975 (published 2017), ISBN 978-3-7757-1979-7
- Volume 3: Works from 1976 to 1987 (published 2013), ISBN 978-3-7757-1980-3
- Volume 4: Works from 1988 to 1994 (published 2015), ISBN 978-3-7757-1981-0
Six lectures on Gerhard Richter , ed. by Dietmar Elger and Jürgen Müller, Cologne 2007 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 1), ISBN 978-3-8656-0299-2 .
The Cologne Cathedral window. A film by Corinna Belz , DVD, Cologne 2008 (= writings from the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 2), ISBN 978-3-8656-0547-4 .
Gerhard Richter: Elbe 31 monotypes 1957 , ed. by Dietmar Elger, with a text by Dieter Schwarz, Cologne 2009 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 3) ISBN 978-3-8656-0588-7 .
Gerhard Richter. Texts to 4900 colors , ed. by Dietmar Elger and the Serpentine Gallery London, with texts by Benjamin HD Buchloh, Peter Gidal, Birgit Pelzer, Gerhard Richter and Marcus du Sautoy, Ostfildern-Ruit 2009 (= writings from the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 4) ISBN 978-3 -7757-2402-9 .
Ulrich Wilmes: Gerhard Richter. On the origin of the abstract pictures , ed. by Dietmar Elger, Cologne 2009 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 5), ISBN 978-3-8656-0651-8 .
Gerhard Richter. Volker Bradke, 1966 16 mm, b / w, 14:32 min., Ed. by Dietmar Elger, Cologne 2010 (writings from the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 6), ISBN 978-3-8321-9281-5 .
Dietmar Elger: Gerhard Richter in the Dresden Gallery , Lampertswalde 2011 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 7), ISBN 978-3-9424-2222-2 .
Painting and photography - photography as painting. Eight texts on Gerhard Richter's media strategy , ed. by Dietmar Elger and Kerstin Küster, Cologne 2011 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 8), ISBN 978-3-8633-5077-2 .
Julia Franck: Speech for Gerhard Richter , ed. by Dietmar Elger, Dresden 2012 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 9).
Louise Lawler: Louise Lawler and / or Gerhard Richter Photographs and Works, ed. by Dietmar Elger, with a text by Tim Griffin, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-8296-0581-6 .
Benjamin Katz: Gerhard Richter at work , ed. by Dietmar Elger, with texts by Wilfried Wiegand, Paul Moorhouse, Stephan von Wiese and a foreword by Dietmar Elger, English / French / German, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7774-5311-8 .
Gerhard Richter. Atlas, exhibition brochure, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden 2012.
Benjamin HD Buchloh: Discs and Strips by Gerhard Richter , ed. by Dietmar Elger, Cologne 2013 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 10), ISBN 978-3-8633-5362-9 .
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Dieter Schwarz: Gerhard Richter. Books , ed. by Dietmar Elger, Dresden 2013 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 11), ISBN 978-3-9322-6442-9 .
Polke & Richter , ed. by Dietmar Elger, Cologne 2014 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 12), ISBN 978-3-8633-5558-6 .
Gerd Richter. Comic Strip (1962) , Cologne 2014 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 13), ISBN 978-3-8633-5508-1 .
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Dieter Schwarz: Gerhard Richter. Books , ed. by Dietmar Elger, 2014 (= writings of the Gerhard Richter Archive Dresden, Vol. 14), ISBN 978-1-9413-6601-1 .