Gerhard Richter Painting

Gerhard Richter, one of the internationally most significant contemporary artists of our times, granted filmmaker Corinna Belz access to his studio in the spring and summer of 2009 where he was working on a series of large abstract paintings. GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING offers us rare insights into the artist's work. In quiet, highly concentrated images, the film gives us a fly-on-the-wall perspective of a very personal, tension-filled process of artistic creation. We see Richter painting. We see him observe and dialogue with his paintings. We see him contemplate, wait, reject, rework and sometimes destroy only to begin anew.

In her intelligent and perceptive film, Corinna Belz brings us closer to the complex processes of artistic creation. Our perceptions expand. The paintings themselves become the protagonists. GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING is the penetrating portrait of an artist at work - and a fascinating film about the art of seeing.

Corinna Belz studied philosophy, art history and mediasciences in Cologne, Zurich and Berlin. Master of Arts, her master thesis was entitled "Film director Peter Nestler's documentaries in a contemporary avantgarde context."
Worked as TV-producer, scriptwriter, director on multiple productions of various genres, such as TV-series and feature-length documentaries. Lives in Cologne.

Filmography as a director:

2010 Gerhard Richter painting (documentary)
2007 Gerhard Richters Window (documentary)
2004 Thre Wishes (documentary)
2001 Other American Voices (documentary)
2000 Life after Microsoft (documentary)