독일 작가 다니엘 리히터(Daniel Richter)는 1990년대 음악 씬에서 밴드 포스터와 음반 커버 디자인으로 경력을 시작했으며, 이후 순수미술로 전향하면서 이름을 알리기 시작했다. 리히터의 초기 회화는 그래피티와 복잡한 장식의 경계에서 매우 다채로운 형태를 특징으로 한 추상화였다. 2002년부터 그의 작품에 인물이 등장하기 시작했으며, 대게 신문 또는 역사책의 복제물에서 영감을 받았고, 밝은 색을 사용하여 인위적이고 의식이 고조된 분위기를 자아낸다. 최근 작품은 간결한 색을 바탕으로 혼란스럽게 얽혀 있는 파편화된 신체에 의해 구상과 추상 사이의 전형적인 노선을 따르고 있다.
제임스 앙소르(James Ensor)나 에드바르트 뭉크(Edvard Munch) 같은 상징주의 작가의 작품에 영향을 받은 리히터는 미술사와 대중매체, 팝 문화에서 얻은 모티프를 결합하여 독특하고, 초현실주의적인 세계를 만든다. 이민 또는 감시를 주제로 한 작품처럼, 그의 작업은 정치적인 관점에서 해석될 수도 있지만, 어떤 단일한 해석도 회피한다. 작가는 강렬한 색채 대비와 추상적인 패턴을 사용하여 장면의 시공간적 불안정성에 의해 고조되는 불안하고 감정적인 어조를 전달하며, 일관된 시간과 장소, 심지어 회화적 공간으로 분석되기를 거부한다. 작품의 색면 또한 아틀라스의 지도를 연상시키지만 실제 특정한 지역과 일치하지 않는다. 그는 이를 ‘포위, 일종의 압박, 얽힘, 압축’으로 설명하는데 이는 강렬한 대립과 유동적인 느낌을 전달한다.
최근 리히터의 대규모 회화에 등장하는 의인화된 형상들은 평평한 그라데이션 색을 배경으로 하여 환상적이고 화려한 풍경을 연상시키는 반면, 공간적 방향이나 이해를 피한다. 이에 대해 작가는 ‘나의 관심은 표면적이고, 평평하고, 뒤얽힌, 불변하는 형상 무리의 안과 밖’이라고 말한다. 검은색 오일 스틱으로 윤곽선이 그려진, 벌어진 팔다리와 입은 대조적인 색을 대담하게 사용하는 작가에 의해 한층 더 강화된 공격적인 육체적 욕망을 전달한다. 작가는 ‘내 작업에서 역동성은 주로 밀거나 떠미는 것, 또는 서로 마주하고 있는 요소들, 즉 섞이고 밀고, 당기는 요소들을 바탕으로 한다’고 설명한다. 그의 작품은 기저에 내재된 폭력성에도 불구하고 이러한 불안한 에너지를 상쇄시키는 감동적인 관능미와 아름다움을 함께 드러낸다.
독일 슐레스비히-홀슈타인주의 오이틴에서 태어난 리히터는 현재 베를린을 기반으로 활동 중이다. 1992년부터 96년까지 함부르크 미술대학교(Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg)를 다니며 베르너 뷔트너(Werner Büttner)에게 사사받았고, 이후 알베르트 올렌(Albert Oehlen)의 조수로 일했다. 뷔트너는 마르틴 키펜베르거(Martin Kippenberger)와 1980년대 회화의 표현주의 경향을 부흥시킨 주요 인물 중 한 명이다. 리히터는 쿤스트할레 키엘(Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, 2001)과 노르트라인-베스트팔렌 현대미술관(Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 2001), 캐나다 국립미술관(National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2005), 함부르크 쿤스트할레(Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 2007), 헤이그 미술관(Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 2007), 말라가 현대미술센터(CAC Málaga, Spain, 2008), 덴버 미술관(Denver Art Museum, Denver, 2008), 케스트너 게젤샤프트(Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, 2011)에서 개인전을 열었다.
최근에 프랑크푸르트 쉬른 쿤스트할레에서 회고전(2014)을 개최했으며, 동시에 그의 개인전이 캠든 아트센터(Camden Art Centre, London)와 21세기 하우스(21er Haus, Vienna), 루이지애나 현대미술관(Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, 2016–17)을 순회했다. 리히터의 작품은 2020년 런던 화이트 채플(Whitechapel Gallery, London)에서 열린 단체전 《Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium》에서 전시된 바 있다.
2023
Daniel Richter: Stupor, Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK
DANIEL RICHTER, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
2022
Furor II, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Limbo, Ateneo Veneto, Venice, Italy
My Lunatic Neighbar, Space K, Seoul, South Korea
2021
Daniel Richter: Furor I, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Marais, France
2020
Daniel Richter: So Long, Daddy., Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Hallo Mama, Galerie Richter, Lütjenburg, Germany
2019
pUnser die Zukufnt, GRIMM, New York, NY, USA
H.P. (jah allo), Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018
I Should Have Known Better, Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK
2017
Le Freak, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Lonely Old Slogans, Denmark; 21er Haus (now Belvedere 21), Vienna, Austria; Camden Art Centre, London, UK
Im Atelier Liebermann: Daniel Richter / Jack Bilbo, Max Liebermann Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
Music for Orgies, GRIMM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Grafik für Alles, Galerie Sabine Kunst, Munich, Germany
2016
Lonely Old Slogans, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Wild Thing, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Half-Naked Truth, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2015
Hello, I Love You, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2014
spandrillen - mamillen - ronald, Kunstverein Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Chromos goo bugly, TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria
2013
Daniel Richter 6 Neue Bilder, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Match 2013: Two Men with Glasses and a Woman in an Igloo, Esbjerg Art Museum, Esbjerg, Denmark
2012
Voyage, Voyage, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Marais, France
A Concert of Purpose and Action, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Grafik, Mbf-Kunstprojekte, Munich
2011
10001nacht, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin; Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
2010
Anti Away, Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Spagotzen, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
2009
Imitators be There, Galerie Haas, Zürich, Switzerland
Daniel Richter, Essl Museum, Klosterneuberg/Vienna, Austria
Love Parade, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Oh la la", Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Kunstpreis Finkenwerder 2009, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2008
Daniel Richter: A Major Survey, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA
Die Palette, CAC Málaga, Malaga, Spain
Die Idealisten, David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA
Rock und Polizei, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2007
Daniel Richter, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Daniel Richter, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
2006
Daniel Richter, GRIMM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Huntergrund, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Daniel Richter und Uwe Lausen, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Die Peitsche der Erinnerung, with Jonathan Meese, Kunsthaus Stade, Stade; E-Werk, Freiberg; Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim; Helms Museum, Hamburg, Germany
2005
Acht Stunden sing kein Tag, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Pink Flag - White Horse, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2004
The Morning After, David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA
Pink Flag - White Horse, The Power Plant, Toronto; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2003
Hirn, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Daniel Richter, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
2002
Grünspan, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2001
Billard um halb Zehn, Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany
La Cause du Peuple, Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA
2000
Für Immer, with Tal R, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Die Frau, Rock'n'Roll, Tod - Nein Danke!, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Je ne Suis Pas un Robot, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
1999
Fool on a Hill, Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Experiment Freund, Galerie Freund/Wind, Vienna, Austria
1998
Organisierte Kriminalität, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1997
17 Jahre Nasenbluten, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1996
Daniel Richter, Galerie Jürgen Becker, Hamburg, Germany
1995
Neue Bilder, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2025
Visions of the World. The Wigam Collection, Museum Kampa, Prague, Czech Republic
2023
Au bout de mes rêves, Tripostal, Lille, France
1983 | 2023: 40 Years, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Halle & Salzburg Villa Kast, Austria
2022
something new, something old, something desired, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2020
30 Years in Paris, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France
Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Back to the Present, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2019
Jonathan Meese, Albert Oehlen, Daniel Richter. Works from the Hall Foundation, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg, Derneburg, Germany
Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter, Tal R: The Men Who Fell from Earth, EMMA | Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Izvor Pende & Daniel Richter: Swimming Together, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Live Forever, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Small Painting, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL, USA
Works on Paper, Galleri Bo Bjerregaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Papierarbeiten III, Galerie Max Weber Six Friedrich, Munich, Germany
2018
Across Boundaries, Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, Germany
The Art of Recollecting, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany
Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter, Tal R.: Bavid Dowie, Kunsthaus Stade, Stade, Germany
This and That: Some Recent Acquisitions, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg, Derneburg, Germany
Daniel Richter, Izvor Pende: Plivati zajedno, MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia
Musik für die Orgien, GRIMM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art off the wall, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
The World on Paper, Deutsche Bank, Palais Populaire, Berlin, Germany
2017
Swimming Together: Izvor Pende and Daniel Richter, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
German Encounters: Contemporary Masterworks from the Deutsche Bank Collection, Garage Gallery, Fire Station, Doha, Qatar
The Men Who Fell from Earth, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark
Im Atelier Liebermann: Daniel Richter / Jack Bilbo, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin, Germany
Big Paper Works, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Berlin Now, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2016
A Question of Perspective, GRIMM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015
GERMAN COOL, Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2014
Eurasia: A View on Painting, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
Unendlicher Spass, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Landschaft nach 2000, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany
2013
DISASTER, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France
Why Painting Now?, curated by_vienna, Vienna, Austria
Von Georg Baselitz bis Daniel Richter, Lyonel-Feininger Galerie, Quedlinburg, Germany
Dritte Welle - Die Gruppe SPUR, der Pop und die Politik, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Papierarbeiten II - 70er Jahre bis heute, Galerie Max Weber Six Fiedrich, Munich, Germany
Commodious Thoughts from Outer Space, Galerie Krobath, Vienna, Austria
2012
Es lebe die Malerei! Junge Kunst aus der Sammlung Essl, Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Nightfall, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary
HEUTE. MALEREI, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany
Art and Press, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Gewoon Schilderen, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Painting Forever, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2011
Berlin zeichnet!, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück; Festival der Tiere, Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Memories of the Future, La Maison Rouge, Foundation de Galbert, Paris, France
2010
Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, S.M.A.K. Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
Permanent Trouble. Kunst aus der Sammlung Kopp München, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany
Disquieted, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, USA
Die Nacht. Nachtdarstellungen in der Zeitgenössischen Malerei, Städtische Galerie, Delmenhorst, Germany
2009
60 Jahre - 60 Werke - Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Ferne Nähe - Natur in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Art Museum, Bonn, Germany
Die Kunst ist Super!, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
2008
Olaf Metzel, Markus Oehlen, Daniel Richter - Pictures, Galerie Andreas Höhne, Munich, Germany
2007
Passion for Art, Essl Museum in Klosterneuburg, Austria
Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart, Van der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Fish and Ships, Maritimes in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jetzt, Beck & Eggeling Galerie, Düsseldorf, GermanyNews on Paper, Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany
Die Kunst zu Sammeln, Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Malerei aus der Sammlung Falckenberg, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany
New Arrivals and Classix, Galerie Hafenrichter & Flügel, Nuremberg, Germany
Paint it Blue, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Die Peitsche der Erinnerung, with Jonathan Meese, E-Werk, Freiburg; Kunsthaus Stade, Stade; Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim; Helms Museum, Hamburg, Germany
Replacing Mashkov, recent acquistions, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Passion for Art, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2006
Tokyo - Berlin / Berlin - Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Ein Teller ELEND, layr:wuestenhagen contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Once Upon a Time in the West, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
What Would I be Without You..., City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Full House-Gesichter Einer Sammlung, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Kust Brengt Kunst, Beaufort Triennal, Oostend, Belgium
2005
Styles und Stile. Aktuelle Malerei aus Deutschland aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Goethe, Institut Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
La Nouvelle Peinture Allemande, Le Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France
Daniel Richter / Jonathan Meese, Kunsthaus Stade, Stade, Germany
Falckenberg Collection, City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
The Triumph of Painting: Part II, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2004
Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Neueröffnung, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Huts, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Rheingold III, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2003
Heißkalt - Aktuelle Kunst aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Hamburg Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Berlin - Moskau / Moskau - Berlin 1950 - 2000, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Ludwig Richter und seine Schüler + Daniel Richter, Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Germany
Krawall + Remmidemmi, with Tal R, Golden Pudel Klub, Hamburg, Germany
2002
Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2001
Vantage Point, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Painting 2001, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
2000
Europe - Different Perspectives in Painting, MuMi Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
SALON, Delfina Project Space, London, UK
German Festival in India, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai; Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata; Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1999
Richter Bohlen Koether, Galerie Freund / Wind, Vienna, Austria
Scorpio Rising, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Officina Europa, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Mozart on Television - New Painting from German, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, USA
Gallery Swap - Contemporary Fine Arts at Sadie Coles, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
1998
Melancholie und Eros in der Kunst der Gegenwart - Sammlung Murken, Von Der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal; Städtische Galerie, Albstadt; Kunstmuseum, Thun; Städtische Galerie, Regensburg, Germany
Made in Berlin, Rethymnon Center for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece
1997
Punch In Out, Hamburg Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
Albert Oehlen, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1996
Malerei III, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Sammlung Volkmann zeight: FAUSTRECHT DER FREIHEIT, Sammlung Gera, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
1995
Scharfer Blick, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
Austria
Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/Vienna
Belgium
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels
Canada
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Denmark
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
France
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
Germany
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany
Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, Berlin
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig
Sammlung Boros, Berlin
Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Netherlands
Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
USA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2009
Finkenwerder Art Prize, Kulturkreis Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany
2001
Sponsorship Award for Young Art, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1999
Prize of the Böttcherstraße in Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
1998
Otto Dix Award, Gera