Born in 1932 in Dresden, Gerhard Richter is considered one of the world's greatest living painters and now nearly 80 years old, agreed to talk about his work, as a small film crew documents his creative process. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic (but never cynical), the artist says he's 'interested in things he doesn't understand,' that 'painting is a secretive business,' and that 'each painting is an assertion that tolerates no company.
"Gerhard Richter Painting goes well beyond just being informational or educational to become something that offers its own kind of gripping suspense -- a sort of action movie of the soul. Highly Recommended."
DVD Talk
"A must-see for followers of contemporary painting...one of the most important living painters shows how he does it."
John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
"Fascinating, even exciting...Mr. Richter communicates a pleasure in work, even at its most laborious."
