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1024 Colours, 1973 by Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter | ArtsDot.com

1024 Colours



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In the 1960s, Gerhard Richter had a bout of creative block, he had run of ideas for figurative paintings, which had dominated his work. He went on to create new artworks with no figure or subject. This is how his colour chart paintings were born. 1024 colours are one of his well-known colour chart pieces, inspired by colour charts found in paint stores or hardware stores. He replicated the colours using the exact paint of the commercial colour sample chart but he did not group the colours, he used his mathematical system to arrange all the colours. The colours had no particular significance and coupled with the distribution system, rendered the painting meaningless. He kept no spacing or lines between the colours, giving it a mosaic effect.
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