The Village Voice, March 5th, 2002
Gauging the Impact of a Retrospective at MOMA
GERHARD RICHTER:
FORTY YEARS OF PAINTING
Museum of Modem Art
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Through May 21
Every decade or so, New York gives it up for a German artist. In 1979, it was Josef Beuys at the Guggenheim; in 1988, Anselm Kiefer received the full-on treatment at MOMA. Now it's a critical lovefest for Gerhard Richter-a Gerhard-is-God moment. This German painter -the only non-expressionist of the three-is currently the subject of an ultra-elegant 40year retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Just recently, he's been called the "greatest mode...
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