In 1977, Richter took on new directions, creating two sculptural pieces using glass, something he would develop further in the future, but also introducing colourful abstract works, referred to as abstractive bild or abstract painting. A new investigation of perception, colour light, space depth and optics emerged, and as Richter formally separated from Emma in 1979, a decade which was dominated by grey ended with colour and marked a new chapter in the life and oeuvre of Gerhard Richter.

We wanted it to be very minimal, very sculptural, and paired back.

So it's just much more about the sculptural part of it than actually designing light.

And then I follow those larger sculptural shapes that I bolt together with smaller material that I can weave in and around.

Zac Posen, who is a friend. It's such a glamorous dress. So well made. It has that one sleeve that, you know, from different angles, it's just very sculptural. I felt like I was like a million feet tall. I think I was wearing pretty high heels. Anytime I wear red, I feel very powerful. The second I put it on, I thought, this is it. This is what I want to wear. Zac Posen did the Truman Capote black and white ball gowns and that's how we met. What was your favorite look that Zac did for the show? I mean, my favorite, I think, would just be the one that I was wearing. But when I saw the show, I just, I loved all of the dresses. He didn't copy the dresses that were made. It was really more like he sort of interpreted them. Thanks for going down memory lane with me and everyone, tune in to Feud. It's great.

So this sculptural piece is actually a plant, but it looks like a piece of art.

Once you see it, it's sort of such a great sculptural feature to the house.

only a couple of which survive, as well as a lot of sculptural

And Michelangelo's "David" presents truly human characteristics even as it sought to copy ancient sculptural styles.

In the later one, we have narrative psychology, movement, bodies with a sculptural reality.