Welcome to the exhibition, "Gerhard Richter: Painting After All."
Presenting over 100 works, here in virtual reality.
You can explore the galleries at The Met Breuer
looking in all directions: left, right, up, and down.
One of the greatest artists of this era,
Richter has explored the medium of painting
for more than six decades,
as well as his interests in photography,
digital reproduction, and sculpture.
His work embraces both representation and abstraction,
sometimes simultaneously,
and the tension between the two offers him endless possibilities.
Richter said, "I don't believe in the absolute picture,
there can only be approximations,
experiments and beginnings, over and over again."
[soft strings]
[score swells]
[mellow piano]
[bright, percussive strings sprinkled on top of piano]
[strings swell]
[staccato, pixellated electric piano]
[eerie horns]
[melancholic strings]
[sinister cello layered on top of higher-pitched strings]
[lively, repetitive piano]
[eerie, upbeat woodwinds and deep brass]
[lively, swelling strings]
[deep, powerful strings]
[melodious, lively piano and strings]
Richter said, "Painting is the only positive thing I have,
even if I see everything else negatively,
at least in the pictures, I can communicate some kind of hope,
I can at least carry on."
[score swells]