Publisher's Synopsis
This publication brings together for the first time the work of Vija Celmins and Gerhard Richter, who live in New York and Cologne respectively, in a transatlantic dialogue that reveals surprising connections.In addition to thematic similarities and the fact that both have worked with photographic models throughout their careers, Celmins and Richter have a shared interest in the most elementary conditions of representation.What is reality? What is representation? And how can perception, seeing itself, be made visible?Published on occasion of the exhibition Vija Celmins | Gerhard Richter: Double Vision 12 May 27 Aug 2023, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany.English and German text.
