Baader–Meinhof series

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The Baader–Meinhof series is a group of paintings by Gerhard Richter that hauntingly reinterpret press photographs of the German Red Army Faction, exploring themes of terrorism, memory, and media representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork ⓘ
painting series ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
basedOn newspaper images ⓘ
press photographs ⓘ
colorPalette black and white ⓘ
monochrome ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator Gerhard Richter ⓘ
creatorNationality German ⓘ
depicts Stammheim Prison ⓘ
arrest of Red Army Faction members ⓘ
deaths of Red Army Faction members ⓘ
imprisonment of Red Army Faction members ⓘ
members of the Red Army Faction ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
photo-based painting ⓘ
political art ⓘ
hasPart individual paintings of Red Army Faction members ⓘ
paintings of dead bodies ⓘ
paintings of prison interiors ⓘ
inception 1970s ⓘ
language none ⓘ
locationOfCreation West Germany ⓘ
mainSubject German terrorism ⓘ
Red Army Faction ⓘ
collective memory ⓘ
media representation ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
movement German postwar art ⓘ
capitalist realism ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
notableFor critical engagement with terrorism ⓘ
reflection on media images ⓘ
reinterpretation of press photographs ⓘ
theme German postwar history ⓘ
collective trauma ⓘ
distance between reality and image ⓘ
media imagery ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mythologization of terrorists ⓘ
political radicalism ⓘ
representation of violence ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
usesTechnique grisaille ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ

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Gerhard Richter → notableWork → Baader–Meinhof series ⓘ
Bruno Ganz → notableWork → The Baader Meinhof Complex ⓘ
linked to: Baader–Meinhof series
The Angel Esmeralda → containsStory → Baader-Meinhof ⓘ
linked to: Baader–Meinhof series