Fiery colours, flaming light, great drama – the contemporary glass painting of Max Uhlig
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Max Uhlig
Die Fenster der Johanniskirche / The Windows of the St. Johannis Church
The Dresden artist Max Uhlig (*1937) created one of the greatest window cycles of contemporary art for the Gothic Church of Saint John in Magdeburg. Vines and coloured foliage together with lines in expressive rhythms which are a revelation in their incisiveness, fill a window area of some 350 square metres with colours and immerse the interior of the church in light.
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The abstract cycle of six windows in colour and seven in black and white, each 13 metres high, tells of the rebirth of the former parish church in the heart of Magdeburg, destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt after 1992. The dark earth tones and the luminous yellows and blues interspersed with fiery reds contrast with the vines climbing upwards in the choir windows, which are depicted entirely in black. Max Uhlig is one of the last representatives of plein-air painting in modern art and shows in this magnificent volume about his latest masterpiece that he is at the very height of our times.
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Das mit opulentem Bildteil ausgezeichnet gestaltete Begleitbuch ist sehr zu empfehlen.
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten
In diesem Bildband überzeugt vor allem der umfassende Blick der Fotografinnen und Fotografen: Sie zeigen nicht nur die prachtvoll funkelnden fertigen Fenster, sondern auch die vielen Details, auf die bei dieser zerbrechlichen Kunst geachtet werden muss.
Münchner Merkur
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Ed. Annegret Laabs
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Contributions by M. Flügge, U. Gellner, A. Laabs
Text: Englisch / German142 pages, 100 colour illustrations
23 × 28 cm, hardcover
HIRMER PREMIUM
One fold-out page
ISBN: 978-3-7774-3657-9
Categories
Art and Cultural History
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Arts and Crafts
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Sacral Art
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Contemporary Art
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Art 21st Century
Keywords
Glass art, stained glass, contemporary art, 21st century
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