The Wick List

Viewing Gerhard Richter’s ode to the Alps

The Wick Culture - Installation view, ‘Gerhard Richter: Engadin,’ Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz, 16 December 2023 until 13 April 2024 © 2023 Gerhard Richter (09122023). Photo: Jon Etter

The Wick Culture - Installation view, ‘Gerhard Richter: Engadin,’ Segantini Museum, St. Moritz, 16 December 2023 until 13 April 2024 © 2023 Gerhard Richter (09122023). Photo: Jon Etter

The Wick Culture - Installation view, ‘Gerhard Richter: Engadin,’ Nietzsche-Haus, Sils, 16 December 2023 until 13 April 2024 © 2023 Gerhard Richter (09122023). Photo: Jon Etter

The Wick Culture - Gerhard Richter
Silsersee, Maloja (Lake Sils, Maloja)
1992
Oil on colour photograph
10 x 14.9 cm / 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in
© Gerhard Richter 2023
Private Collection, Switzerland
Photo: Jon Etter

Above Gerhard Richter Silsersee, Maloja (Lake Sils, Maloja) 1992 Oil on colour photograph 10 x 14.9 cm / 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in © Gerhard Richter 2023 Private Collection, Switzerland Photo: Jon Etter

The Wick Culture - Gerhard Richter
22.9.94
1994
Oil on colour photograph
17.9 x 12.7 cm / 7 x 5 in
© Gerhard Richter 2023
Olbricht Collection
Photo: Tino Kukulies, Düsseldorf. Courtesy Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf

Above Gerhard Richter 22.9.94 1994 Oil on colour photograph 17.9 x 12.7 cm / 7 x 5 in © Gerhard Richter 2023 Olbricht Collection Photo: Tino Kukulies, Düsseldorf. Courtesy Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf

The Wick Culture - Gerhard Richter
11.11.92
1992
Oil on colour photograph
10.1 x 14.9 cm / 4 x 5 7/8 in
© Gerhard Richter 2023
Private Collection

Above Gerhard Richter 11.11.92 1992 Oil on colour photograph 10.1 x 14.9 cm / 4 x 5 7/8 in © Gerhard Richter 2023 Private Collection

The Wick Culture - Gerhard Richter
4.6.18
2018
Oil on colour photograph
11.3 x 17 cm / 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in
© Gerhard Richter 2023
Private Collection, Cologne
Photo: Tino Kukulies, Düsseldorf. Courtesy Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf

Above Gerhard Richter 4.6.18 2018 Oil on colour photograph 11.3 x 17 cm / 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in © Gerhard Richter 2023 Private Collection, Cologne Photo: Tino Kukulies, Düsseldorf. Courtesy Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf

Above Gerhard Richter Silsersee, Maloja (Lake Sils, Maloja) 1992 Oil on colour photograph 10 x 14.9 cm / 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in © Gerhard Richter 2023 Private Collection, Switzerland Photo: Jon Etter

Above Gerhard Richter 11.11.92 1992 Oil on colour photograph 10.1 x 14.9 cm / 4 x 5 7/8 in © Gerhard Richter 2023 Private Collection

Gerhard Richter: Engadin
Nietzsche-Haus in Sils Maria; Segantini Museum in St Moritz; and Hauser & Wirth St Moritz

16 December 2023 to 13 April 2024

As the ski season kicks off in earnest, we’re taking a trip to the Alps with this week’s Wick List, bringing you the shows to catch when you hit the slopes. First up is German artist Gerhard Richter’s homage to the Engadin valley in Switzerland, where he has holidayed for over 25 years.

More than 70 works, spread across three sites – Nietzsche-Haus in Sils Maria, and the Segantini Museum and Hauser & Wirth in St Moritz – celebrate the familiarity and alienness of its snowy peaks, waterfalls and lakes. Among them are paintings, drawings, and over-painted photographs, in which he accentuates the images with delicate lines, stains and splatters of colour, with astonishing results. His dazzling works are a Technicolor tribute to scenery with an undeniable pull.