Gerhard Richter Retrospective // Tate Modern

I've been a fan of Richter for a while now but hadn't seen any of his painting in real life. I'd admired his technical skill and the subtlety in which he tackles quite profound and complex topics.

I loved this painting. I'd seen it online and wasn't that impressed but it was stunning in real life. It's the first painting I've seen and been extremely conscious of the physical movement of my eyes looking across the canvas . The immediate connotation is that of pixels and it made me think of the immense amount of constructed visual imagery that surrounds us now. It was that feeling of being overwhelmed that I almost felt physically through my awareness of the erratic movement of my eyes attempting to process it all.