(17 Feb 2012)
Berlin - 10 February 2012
1. Mid of Gerhard Richter's "4900 colors" from 2007
2. Tilt down of "Cloud Triptych" from 1970
3. Wide of paintings with "Negroes" from 1964 in foreground
4. Mid of "Ella" from 2007
5. Woman taking notes in front of "Colored Grey" from 1968
6. Pull focus close of "Colored Grey"
7. People looking at paintings
8. Pan of main exhibition room
9. Woman looking at "Reader" from 1994
10. Various close ups of "Reader"
11. Tilt up of "Candle" from 1984
12. Close up of "Candle"
13. Neue Nationalgalerie director Udo Kittelmann speaking to media
14. SOUNDBITE: (German), Udo Kittelmann, Director of Neue Nationalgalerie :
"I would say that he is one of the most important artists in the world, definitely beyond Germany's borders. "
15. Close up of Richter painting
16. Exhibition co- curator Dorothee Brill looking at painting "4900 colors"
17. Pull focus from one painting in "4900 colors" to another
18. SOUNDBITE: (German), Dorothee Brill, Exhibition co-curator :
"You can enjoy the pictures in many different ways. It is possible to enjoy them in a simply passionate way, without the theoretical framework. But, if you want you can also go ahead and analyse the theory behind the paintings."
19. Man standing in front of "Cage" from 2007
20. Artist Gerhard Richter surrounded by media
21. Richter at news conference
22. Pan from media to Richter
23. SOUNDBITE (German), Gerhard Richter, Artist :
"It is a wonderful exhibition. A bit expensive maybe, when you hear how much it cost, to build the walls and so on. It is a little bit embarrassing when you find out how much it cost."
24. Mid of news conference
25. Close of Richter
26. Pan from media to Richter
27. SOUNDBTIE: (German), Gerhard Richter, Artist :
"To be neglected would in any case be far worse�(laughs)."
28. Low shot of exhibition
29. SOUNDBITE: (German) Udo Kittelmann, Director of Neue Nationalgalerie :
"You have to look at the paintings yourself. And I'm in total agreement with the artist (Richter) when he says, 'just look at the pictures and don't talk about them so much'."
30. Low shot of "Silicate" from 2003
31. Man taking picture of painting
32. Wide of "4 Panes" from 1967
LEAD IN
A major exhibition dedicated to Gerhard Richter, arguably Germany's most famous artist alive, has opened.
It includes some 30 paintings and five at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
STORYLINE
The art of Gerhard Richter has finally returned home.
These works make up the Panorama exhibition, looking back at over five decades of Richter 's works.
They're on display in Berlin following a successful exhibition at the Tate Modern in London.
The Panorama exhibition includes iconic pictures like "the Reader."
Richter painted it in 1994. It depicts one of his daughters calmly reading in the sunshine.
Another iconic picture is "Candles" from 1984.
Many rock fans know the picture from the album cover of Sonic Youth's "Daydream Nation" album released in 1988.
It is often argued that Richter is the most important and most expensive German artist alive.
Udo Kittelmann, the director of the Neue Nationalgalerie, says he is far more important than that.
"I would say that he is one of the most important artists in the world, definitely beyond Germany's borders. "
Standing in front of Richter's "4900 colors," which spans a whole wall of the gallery, the curator of the exhibition Dorothee Brill explains why Richter is so loved by both the art critics and the public.
Richter was born in Dresden in 1932 and was a teenager when the Second World War started.
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