Val Fex 1992

Gerhard Richter’s “Val Fex” (1992) is a photo-based painting. It depicts a mountainous landscape, likely the Swiss Alps, covered in snow. The image is further layered with a grid-like pattern of painted circles in blue, pink and white, scattered across the canvas. Richter’s work often blurs the boundaries between painting and photography, and his "Abstrakt Bilder" series - which this painting belongs to - demonstrate his fascination with blurring and layering. The painting's abstract qualities encourage viewers to consider the relationship between the natural world and the artist's intervention, exploring themes of perception, memory, and the manipulation of reality.