Artist of the Month: Gerhard Richter

I would be surprised if you're an art lover and haven't already heard of Gerhard Richter. He is a German artist who done just about everything from portraits to abstract paintings. He is a recognized contributor to pop art, minimalism, neo-expressionism, photo-realism, and abstraction. I love his blurred portraits. I studied these last year in my art exam because they related to my 'time' theme in the way that they portray the fading and the passing of time and snapshot moments and memories. I also saw in the paper the other day that Gerhard Richter's work last year set a new auction record for a living artist at 24 million pounds! Pretty amazing right? If you haven't seen his work, check it out!

Here's one of my favourite paintings of his. This was also the first painting I saw of his that introduced me to the rest of his work.