1024 Colours by Gerhard Richter

Inspired by hardware store paint color charts, this painting’s composition was determined by a randomly generated algorithm. This piece is part of a series started by Richter in the 1960s. They are related to the color collage work of Ellsworth Kelly, which Richter was unaware of at the time. Richter and Kelly’s algorithmic explorations of color and form stand as critical examples of material generative art’s importance and rich history.