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art book cologne, founded by Bernd Detsch in 1997, is a wholesale company and specializes in buying and selling high quality publications in art, art theory, architecture, design, photography, illustrated cultural history and all related subjects internationally. Our team includes specialists in art, culture, music, book trade and media but in spite of our diversity we have one common ground: the enthusiasm for unique art books.
We purchase remaining stocks from museums, publishers and art institutions. We sell these remainders to bookstores, museum shops, and art dealers all over the world.
Imi Knoebel – Reims
| Publisher | Hatje Cantz |
| Year | 2017 |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| Language | German, English, French |
| ISBN | 978-3-7757-4284-9 |
| Pages | 272 |
| Weight | 2090 g |
| More | |
| Contributors | Thilo Bock, Horst Bredekamp, Laurent Innocenzi et al. |
| Article ID | art-49641 |
Brand-new glass works from the great minimalist.
Sometimes art is also a political gesture of historical significance. In the case of Rheims Cathedral, the crown jewel of French sacred architecture, this statement can be affirmed without a doubt. Heavily damaged in 1914 by German troops, the cathedral was presented with three new stained glass windows by the painter and installation artist Imi Knoebel (*1940 in Dessau), representing a gift from Germany to France.
Knoebel is a “Minimal” artist who, in celebration of the cathedral’s 800th anniversary, illuminated the choir space in 2011 with his six stained glass windows. Since then, he has continued his work in the sacred sphere. He spent three years in an intensive examination of the interiors of the Jeanne D’Arc Chapel. The resulting combinations of luminous colors inside the High Gothic architecture are harmonious and poignant.
This publication sheds light on the process of producing glass façades and documents their creation, from the first sketch to the ultimate installation at Reims Cathedral.
