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The Lif Life Of Images By Yayoi Kusama And Pablo Picasso

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The physical representation of cultural, social and political ideas, can be conveyed and expressed with the uses of many variations of mediums including, painting, drawing, printing, sculpting, textiles, photography, film and technology. The Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, gave an extensive insight and reflection of how many of the modern and influential artists including, Yayoi Kusama, Gerhard Richter, and Pablo Picasso interpret the meaning of physical representation, through the use of different cultural backgrounds, personal stories, different eras and own interpretations of oneself, others, times and places. There were many interesting and inspirational exhibitions at GOMA including, Picasso - The Vollard Suite, Measures of Distance, Yayoi Kusama - Life Is the Heart of The Rainbow, Gerhard Richter - The …show more content…

These artists and their exhibitions, explore a wide variety of mediums and the use of elements and principles of design, incorporated into their personal themes and artworks revolving around the physical representation context. Gerhard Richter, was one of the main exhibitors at GOMA, with his exhibition of, ‘The Life of Images.’ One of Gerhard Richter’s artworks from, ‘The Life of Images,’ was from his private collection of his daughter, “Ella.”

Gerhard Richter (b.1932), is a German-born artist who demonstrates and expresses a diverse range of art mediums and themes, he is considered to be one of the most influential modern artists of the twenty-first century. Throughout Gerhard’s Richter’s long encompassing artistic career, he conveys meaning and varied relationships through his range of painting techniques and effective use of

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