Lying at the heart of Gerhard Richter's practice is an ongoing project that commenced in 1964 and continues to this day. Atlas comprises over five thousand photographs, drawings, diagrams and proposals that are the foundation of Richter’s oeuvre. Sometimes used as a source for his painting, Richter’s album of pictures also demonstrates the complex dialogues he explores between painting and photography, history and memory, perception and representation.

This book provides a critical tool for navigating Atlas, bringing together Richter’s own writings alongside commentaries by an international range of curators, critics and art historians. Originally published in 2003 to coincide with Gerhard Richter: Atlas at the Whitechapel Gallery, this updated edition also includes a review of the exhibition by Adrian Searle.

Essays by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Jean-François Chevrier, Lynne Cooke, Helmut Friedel, Armin Zweite and Adrian Searle.

Paperback, 132 pages, 150 x 210 mm 

ISBN 978-0-8548-8205-2

First published 2003.