Birkenau cycle

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The Birkenau cycle is a series of abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter that grapple with the memory and representation of the Holocaust, based on blurred and overpainted photographs from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

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Birkenau cycle canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork cycle ⓘ
series of paintings ⓘ
artHistoricalContext Holocaust representation in visual arts ⓘ
postwar German art ⓘ
artist Gerhard Richter ⓘ
basedOn Holocaust photographs ⓘ
photographs from Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp ⓘ
colorPalette black accents ⓘ
green accents ⓘ
predominantly grey ⓘ
red accents ⓘ
commissionedBy none (created on artist’s initiative) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator Gerhard Richter ⓘ
creatorNationality German ⓘ
depicts abstracted traces of camp imagery ⓘ
exhibitedAt Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin ⓘ
Reichstag building, Berlin ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag building
genre abstract painting ⓘ
hasPart Birkenau I ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Birkenau II ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Birkenau III ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Birkenau IV ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
hasPhotographicSource so-called Sonderkommando photographs ⓘ
inception 2014 ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
location Reichstag building, Berlin (long-term display) ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag building
mainSubject Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Holocaust ⓘ
medium canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement contemporary art ⓘ
notableFor engagement with Holocaust imagery ⓘ
erasure of photographic source through abstraction ⓘ
numberOfWorks 4 ⓘ
partOf Gerhard Richter’s late work ⓘ
relatedWork Gerhard Richter Atlas ⓘ
linked to: Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter’s photo-paintings ⓘ
theme historical memory ⓘ
limits of representation ⓘ
memory of the Holocaust ⓘ
representation of trauma ⓘ
titleInGerman Birkenau ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
usesTechnique blurring ⓘ
overpainting ⓘ

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Gerhard Richter → notableWork → Birkenau cycle ⓘ