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Gerhard Richter realized Six Gray Mirrors as a site-specific work for Dia Beacon in 2003. Six gray-enameled glass panels hang from the walls on supports that allow them to be tilted at various angles. Their neutral depths not only reflect visitors but also respond to the light from the high windows, combining architecture, sculpture, and painting into a synthetic whole. The somber appearance of the work simultaneously negates and combines Richter’s passion for glass, mirror, and monochrome—three tenets in the tradition of painting that the artist engaged throughout his career.

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About the Artist

Gerhard Richter is a renowned German painter and one of the most influential contemporary artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, celebrated for both his abstract paintings and photorealistic works. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Richter has explored how photography and painting borrow from, contradict, and reinvent each other, making him a key figure in postwar and contemporary art

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About the Gallery

DIA Beacon is a renowned contemporary art museum situated in Beacon, New York, on the banks of the Hudson River. Housed in a repurposed 1929 Nabisco box printing factory, its expansive galleries and minimalist architecture make it a destination for lovers of postwar art and industrial design.

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