Baader–Meinhof series

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The Baader–Meinhof series is a group of paintings by Gerhard Richter that hauntingly reinterpret press photographs of the German Red Army Faction, exploring themes of terrorism, memory, and media representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
painting series
artForm painting
basedOn newspaper images
press photographs
colorPalette black and white
monochrome
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Gerhard Richter
creatorNationality German
depicts Stammheim Prison
arrest of Red Army Faction members
deaths of Red Army Faction members
imprisonment of Red Army Faction members
members of the Red Army Faction
genre history painting
photo-based painting
political art
hasPart individual paintings of Red Army Faction members
paintings of dead bodies
paintings of prison interiors
inception 1970s
language none
locationOfCreation West Germany
mainSubject German terrorism
Red Army Faction
collective memory
media representation
political violence
movement German postwar art
capitalist realism
contemporary art
notableFor critical engagement with terrorism
reflection on media images
reinterpretation of press photographs
theme German postwar history
collective trauma
distance between reality and image
media imagery
memory
mythologization of terrorists
political radicalism
representation of violence
terrorism
usesTechnique grisaille
oil painting

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Gerhard Richter notableWork Baader–Meinhof series
Bruno Ganz notableWork Baader–Meinhof series
this entity surface form: The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Angel Esmeralda containsStory Baader–Meinhof series
this entity surface form: Baader-Meinhof