竖幅格式的《上吊》描绘的是Gudrun Ensslin,德国恐怖组织红军派(RAF)的成员之一,她在Stuttgart-Stammheim监狱的牢房铁杆上,上吊身亡。
Gudrun Ensslin 生于1940年,父亲是一名新教徒牧师。在遇到巴德尔(Andreas Baader)而变得极端之前,她修读了教育、德语与德国文学。她与巴德尔和迈因霍夫(Ulrike Meinhof)一起成立了红军派(RAF),企图以武装方式改变社会。
画面左边是深色毯子,挂在Ensslin牢房的门上。右边是一面白色的墙,浅色的窗框铁杆衬着一片黑暗,显得轮廓分明。画面中间隐约可见一具模糊的人体,两条腿在周遭的晦暗中显得不知所措,而躯体看似悬宕在半空中。
里希特利用这幅画来指射一张记录相片,彻底捕捉了1977年10月18日 Ensslin的自杀被发现时的景况。当相片被转移到画布上时,里希特运用了他惯有的模糊画技法,但这里的笔触比本系列的其他画来得更不清楚,拿捏精确的各种色调的灰,使得画中主角显得一式地朦胧难辨。
均匀的雾化画面让人想起里希特收集在《图集》[Sheets: 470–479]里的红军派相片。《图集》里的相片并非报社档案中的原始记录照,而是这些原始记录照的离焦副本,这点更进一步彰显了他创作该组画的初衷。
在创作《1977年10月18日》组画时,里希特也画了第二个版本的《上吊》。这个版本后来以抽象画的方式经过了后续绘制与处理,创作出了一幅标题为《毯子》[CR: 680-3]的画,指射的就是Ensslin牢房门上挂着的那条毯子,在经过颜料层层覆盖之后仍然依稀可辨。
画中的毯子让人想起毯子在艺术史中的功用:画里出现的毯子象征着惊鸿一瞥,让人忽然看见原本隐藏着的事物,同时也将观者转换到偷窥者的角色。
这幅画里的毯子虽然挂在门上,但也让观画的人得以瞥见牢房里的景况。然而艺术家偏偏又不让你的偷窥欲获得满足,因为所有的细节都融化在一片模糊之中,仿佛借着在第二版本的《上吊》上彻底覆盖上层层颜料,里希特意图为死亡事件上加上一层罩纱,不让人看个分明。
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The Richter Interviews | Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Richter, Gerhard | 2019 | |||
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Wo Es war. Vier Briefe an Gerhard Richter | Didi-Huberman, Georges | 2018 | |||
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The Truth is Always Grey. A History of Modernist Painting | Guerin, Frances | 2018 | |||
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Gerhard Richter | Elger, Dietmar / Fajt, Jiří | 2017 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Die Editionen | 2017 | ||||
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Photography, Trace, and Trauma | Iversen, Margaret | 2017 | |||
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The Absent Museum | Snauwaert, Dirk / Borja-Villel, Manuel / David, Catherine / Esche, Charles | 2017 | |||
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B: Blickfänger | Härtel, Insa / Pazzini, Karl-Josef | 2017 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Über Malen / Frühe Bilder | 2017 | ||||
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Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish: Essays | McCarthy, Tom | 2017 | |||
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Robert Storr: Interviews on Art | Storr, Robert | 2017 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: The Life of Images | Hawker, Rosemary | 2017 | |||
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Unconsolable Contemporary: Observing Gerhard Richter | Rabinow, Paul | 2017 | |||
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The Artwork of Gerhard Richter. Painting, critical theory and cultural transformation | Ansted, Darryn | 2016 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 14 Panes of Glass for Toyoshima, dedicated to futility | Elger, Dietmar / Hayashi, Sumi | 2016 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Abstraction and Appearance | Moorhouse, Paul | 2016 | |||
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Das Abenteuer unserer Sammlung Kunst nach 1945 aus den Kunstmuseen Krefeld | Hentschel, Martin / Holzhey, Magdalena / Janzen, Thomas / Martin, Sylvia | 2016 | |||
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Elective Affinities. German Art since the Late 1960s | 2016 | ||||
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Gerhard Richter: Painting | Shimizu, Minoru | 2015 | |||
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The Art of Gerhard Richter. Hermeneutics, Images, Meaning | Lotz, Christian | 2015 | |||
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The Düsseldorf Art Academy. Making History since 1945 | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf | 2015 | |||
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Time Present. Photography from The Deutsche Bank Collection | Krause, Stefan / Koerner von Gustorf, Oliver / Cloete, Alan / Chadha, Gunit / Hütte, Friedhelm / Liebscher, Martin / Campany, David | 2014 | |||
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Germany Divided. Baselitz and his Generation. From the Duerckheim Collection | Stonard, John-Paul / MacGregor, Neil | 2014 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Bilder / Serien | Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter | 2014 | |||
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Time Present. Photography from the Deutsche Bank Collection | Ng, Rachel / März, Christina / Hütte, Friedhelm / Lingham, Susie / Lim, Philip | 2014 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Pictures / Series | Didi-Huberman, Georges / Elger, Dietmar / Kono, Michiko / Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Schwarz, Dieter | 2014 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Panorama: une rétrospective = a retrospective | Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine | 2012 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Panorama: Retrospektive | Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine | 2012 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Atlas | Friedel, Helmut | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Bilder einer Epoche | Schneede, Uwe M. / Butin, Hubertus / Elger, Dietmar / Rübel, Dietmar / Westheider, Ortrud | 2011 | |||
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Il bordo del mondo: La forma sguardo nella pittura di Gerhard Richter | Garbin, Emanuele | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Images of an Era | Schneede, Uwe M. / Butin, Hubertus / Elger, Dietmar / Rübel, Dietmar / Westheider, Ortrud | 2011 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Panorama: A Retrospective | Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine | 2011 | |||
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Übermalt, Verwischt, Ausgelöscht: Das Porträt im 20. Jahrhundert | Mund, Henrike | 2011 | |||
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September. A History Painting by Gerhard Richter | Storr, Robert | 2010 | |||
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Gerhard Richter in der Dresdener Galerie. Schriften des Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden ; Bd. 7 | Elger, Dietmar | 2010 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Porträt Dr. Knobloch (Patrimonia 344) | Elger, Dietmar / Roth, Martin / Stange, Eva-Maria | 2009 | |||
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Richter en France | Tosatto, Guy / Criqui, Jean-Pierre / Storsve, Jonas | 2009 | |||
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The Richter effect on the regeneration of aesthetics | Kelly, Michael | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting | Elger, Dietmar | 2009 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Abstrakte Bilder | Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 4900 Colours | Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Gidal, Peter / Pelzer, Birgit / Peyton-Jones, Julia / Obrist, Hans Ulrich | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Large Abstracts | Wilmes, Ulrich / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Söntgen, Beate / Stemmrich, Gregor | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Maler | Elger, Dietmar | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Bilder aus privaten Sammlungen | Adriani, Götz / Schwarz, Dieter | 2008 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Portraits | Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus | 2006 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Portraits | Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus | 2006 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Atlas | Friedel, Helmut | 2006 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Atlas | Friedel, Helmut | 2006 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Ohne Farbe = Without Color | Spieler, Reinhard / Gelshorn, Julian / Kania, Elke / Krystof, Doris | 2005 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Catalogue Raisonné 1993–2004 | Zweite, Armin | 2005 | |||
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Texte: Schriften und Interviews: Revised and Enlarged Edition | Richter, Gerhard / Shimizu, Minoru | 2005 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Editionen 1965-2004 | Butin, Hubertus / Gronert, Stefan | 2004 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2004 | 2004 | ||||
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Visions of Modern Art. Painting and Sculpture from the Museum of Modern Art | Elderfield, John / Lowry, Glenn D. / Ganz, Sarah / Storr, Robert / Umland, Anne / Daftari, Fereshteh | 2003 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Doubt and Belief in Painting | Storr, Robert | 2003 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Malerei | Storr, Robert | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Maler | Elger, Dietmar | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Forty Years of Painting | Storr, Robert | 2002 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Survey | Schwarz, Dieter / Zeller, Ursula / Adriani, Götz | 2001 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. October 18, 1977 | Storr, Robert | 2000 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Übersicht | Schwarz, Dieter / Zeller, Ursula / Adriani, Götz | 2000 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. Drawings 1964-1999. Catalogue Raisonné | Schwarz, Dieter / Pelzer, Birgit | 2000 | |||
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L'image-événement. Représentations de la terreur dans l'œuvre de Willie Doherty et de Gerhard Richter | Lavoie, Vincent | 1999 | |||
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Gerhard Richter | Corà, Bruno / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. / Chevrier, Jean Francois / Moscati, Italo | 1999 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, 18. Oktober 1977. Eine Kunst-Monographie | Hemken, Kai-Uwe | 1998 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 100 Pictures | Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Pelzer, Birgit / Tosatto, Guy | 1996 | |||
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Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Arnulf Rainer. Sammlung Frieder Burda = Collection Frieder Burda | Poetter, Jochen / Brehm, Margrit / Möckel, Birgit | 1996 | |||
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Gerhard Richter. 100 Bilder | Obrist, Hans Ulrich / Pelzer, Birgit / Tosatto, Guy | 1996 | |||
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Stammheim. Gerhard Richter | Seymour, Anne | 1995 | |||
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Aus der Sammlung. Nach 25 Jahren | Grisebach, Lucius / Braunsberg, Günter | 1992 | |||
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Museum für Moderne Kunst und Sammlung Ströher | 1991 | ||||
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Gerhard Richter | Rainbird, Sean / Severne, Judith | 1991 | |||
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Zu Richters Oktober-Bildern | Butin, Hubertus | 1991 | |||
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Gerhard Richter 1988/89 | Schampers, Karel / Tilroe, Anna / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. | 1989 | |||
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Gerhard Richter: Atlas | Zweite, Armin | 1989 | |||
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18. Oktober 1977 | Ammann, Jean-Christophe | 1989 |