Unveiling artist Gerhard Richter's new public sculpture: 'STRIP-TOWER' | Serpentine

Hans Ulrich Obrist introduces a new large-scale public work at Serpentine South by artist Gerhard Richter.
'STRIP-TOWER' expands on Richter’s six-decade exploration of painting, photography, digital reproduction and abstraction. He began developing his series of Strip Paintings in 2010, inspired by an earlier ‘squeegee painting’ titled 'Abstract Painting 724-4' (1990).
This painting was then photographed, scanned, digitally manipulated, and divided into two strips, then four, eight, sixteen and thirty-two. The vertical strips of the painting were stretched across horizontally and laminated onto aluminium and covered with Perspex.
'STRIP-TOWER' employs a similar method, in which colourful striped ceramic tiles form a dense composition covering two perpendicular panels. The intersecting panels create a cross section that visitors can stand within.
Visit 'STRIP-TOWER' for free outside Serpentine South until winter 2024.
Gerhard Richter sculpture made possible by HENI. Special thanks to ‪@googleartsculture‬
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