Richter does Richter aber richtig

Finally saw legendary Robert Storr’s excellent Gerhard Richter Exhibition at the MoMA. It is pretty clear that this largest exhibition for a contemporary artist the MoMA has ever had on display is worth its own museum. It is pretty clear that there will be one. A Gerhard Richter Museum will be somewhere in Germany, probably Düsseldorf or Köln and there will be fighting over who gets it and what will be in it. Richter is like the Empire State building of Art, there is this guy who can change colors every night and still remains the crazy Landmark of Art. He is like several artists in one. Beyond what a group of artists might be able to accomplish. The technique is fantastic, the quality/quantity quotient of his work is just seemingly unmatched today. A very enjoyable, very palatable exhibition. How deep does Richter really go though? The work is just so good and so banal on the other hand. He knows he is a superstar. He is chiseling on his own monument. The two only sculptures in the show are obviously Richter, looking at Richter. Richter does Richter, does Richter, does Richter. The work is so focused on Richter that even the really large pieces feel intimate and somehow voyeuristic. I will need to go visit again. I just took a brief appetizer of the show today. It was a bit too crowded for me. It was good to see so many good old friends in one good old museum. Maybe again Thursday?... In the morning maybe? How about Thursday morning. And then for the whole day. No photography permitted. Wait till I pull out the drawing pad. ; )