Gerhard Richter has produced numerous abstract oil paints and the collection of 6 named after composer John Cage, where created using a range of techniques such as the use of a squeegee, layering, erasing and scraping away paint. The reason for naming the paintings after the composer John Cage was simply the fact that he was listening to him at the time and had always been interested in his ideas on life. I also feel that the name "Cage" could refer to a metal cage and I do feel that these paintings remind me of metal as there is a great range of grey tones and the texture is very rustic.
"Cage (1 - 6)" (2006)
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| (3000mm x 3000mm) |
This work was also displayed at Tate Modern on the "Transformed Visions" level and was situated in his own room. Richter's style and how he applies his paint is something that has really influenced me and my style of painting, as I have just recently started to use palette knives and they are now my favourite way of a applying paint, but I have also experimented with numerous other ways of apply and manipulating paint such as, squeegees and rollers…
Abandoned 1
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| (21mm x 30mm) |
This is a section fron one of my paintings which shows my use of palette knives by using them to layer paints on or scatching paint away reaveling colours underneath.
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| (61mm x 76mm) |
This is another one of my paintings where i experimented with a squeegee on canvas. These two paintings and my other paitning can be found on the "Studio Work" page, where I go indepeth about creating it.
