Gerhard Richter Painting: watch the master artist at work

The filmmaker exposes the notoriously secretive creative process of reclusive German artist Gerhard Richter in this fly-on-the-wall documentary, filmed over three years in the artist's Cologne studio.
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[@jnixa1010]

I used to be an anti- abstract snob. Then I tried painting abstractly and straight from spontaneity, and it was amazing! I've never felt freer in my life. Technically brilliant painters are great to me, I appreciate the skill and techniques immensely. But the power of painting stream of consciousness and from your soul cannot be matched, from my personal experience

[@thelifeofafalcon7968]

how can this even be called a painting?

[@aziabambataa3224]

and to think people pay milions for this... whats the point?! my 5 year old son could do this!

[@navnathkharat3659]

I think he is not artist. ..he is only workar. ....

[@tommypaul6654]

and kids this is how grown-ups launder their money!

[@johndoherty9992]

I think he's a former drywall finisher.

[@cokonutraw8800]

Richter is not himself here. Uninspired works for being a genuine Richter.

[@foreropa]

I would like to see those who said this in not art doing something as good as Ritcher, not for nothing is one of the most famous and expensive artists. As one says, all artist use tools but he was intelligent enough to use them as he use them. And it doesn't matter if is an "accident" because is the artist who decide what to use or what to cover, so its him who really makes the work. If its so easy why there aren't more works as good as this? Envy is a human feeling as well as ignorance, its a

[@ikooch1]

And that supposed to mean something we mortals don't understand?

[@fluffyhead6377]

Such a master, the way he moves his stick up and down, left and right is so inspiring.

[@sophialee6769]

It isn’t about the technique, it’s about getting the image he’s seeking with it. The trick is knowing when to stop, that’s where the “Artist’s Eye”

[@nowness]

Lifting the lid on the notoriously secretive process of Gerhard Richter

[@ryanlindborg3634]

the sound is marvelous

[@sugarrrfree]

I saw his works in Nurnberg and they blew me away. This abstract works are stunning.

[@toddpearson3849]

I found this to be an interesting video, showing how he generates these paintings. I saw his retrospective in Berlin 7-8 years ago, and found this series to be quite beautiful- it’s too bad the video didn’t show the surfaces up close, as the deep layering and color combinations can be quite mesmerizing. He did a group of these that were smaller, and they really were remarkably jewel like. For the viewers unfamiliar with Richter’s full body of work, look him up- These abstract paintings represent only a percentage of what he has done- he has toggled between realism and abstraction throughout his long and distinguished career.

[@andicantu6490]

I have this dvd. He is so generous to share, and the documentarian is so great that at one point he forgets she is there and becomes engrossed in his painting.

[@victorsuybio]

Magician he is, I watch this video as a ritual, before I start painting, to break free from the almost incurable urge to send my work to predictable perfection and to avoid creating something without inspiration, without believe in the divine side of creativity.

[@miavonni]

old guy must have strong core muscle!

[@brigittabrundlmayer9747]

I think the music fits well with the painting quite exciting! Thank you for the inspiration!💕👌

[@azurieone3002]

Wow, so that's how these beautiful masterpieces are made. I love his abstract art!!