Cecily Brown on Gerhard Richter | Artists on Artworks

The artist Cecily Brown, known for her energetic and vivid paintings, reflects on the influence of Gerhard Richter's long career as a master painter of both figurative and abstract works. Please note: This event is prerecorded. It has been rescheduled from July 14 to July 21.

Credits:

Cecily Brown Artwork: © Cecily Brown, courtesy of the artist
Photos by Rob McKeever, Genevieve Hanson, Rob McKeever, Two Palms Press

Gerhard Richter artwork: © Gerhard Richter 2020 (20012020)

Featured works by Cecily Brown:

Paradise (Fighting Lions), 2015

Never Trouble Trouble, 2016

Black Painting 2, 2002

1000 Thread Count, 2004

Performance, 1999

Saboteur Four Times, 2019

Untitled, 2019

Bather with Cops, 2018

Video production:
Managing Producer: Kate Farrell
Producers: Ann Meisinger, Melissa Bell
Editor: Alex Guns
Special thanks to Assistant Curator Brinda Kumar, The Met, for editorial and research

This program is made possible by Christie’s and Joan and Donald J. Gordon.

It is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gerhard Richter: Painting After All.

The exhibition is made possible by the Barrie A. and Deedee Wigmore Foundation.

Corporate sponsorship is provided by: Morgan Stanley

Major support is provided by David S. Winter and the Modern and Contemporary Art Visiting Committee.

Additional funding is provided by Angela A. Chao and Jim Breyer, Jane C. Carroll, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Kenneth and Rosalind Landis, and the Peterson Family Foundation.

The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

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