Artist
Tomato soup in pictures? “No problem” for Daniel Richter
The painter Daniel Richter was socialized in the squatter scene. photo
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The painter sympathizes with climate activists. It would also look calm if his pictures were splashed with tomato soup, he says in an interview.
If tomato soup ends up in his pictures in the name of climate protection, the painter Daniel Richter would, in his own words, have no problem with it. “Oil paintings are almost indestructible, like car paint,” said the 60-year-old artist in an interview with “Spiegel”. Claims to the contrary are propaganda from conservators, “they have to say that in order to make their job look more important. You can wipe off the tomato soup in one of my pictures and that’s it.”
Richter also expresses sympathy for climate activists and squatters. Civil disobedience is almost mandatory. “It’s proof that you live in a democracy and not in any other system.”
One of the most important contemporary German artists, Richter was socialized in the squatter scene. A documentary about him by director Pepe Danquart will be released in cinemas on February 2nd.