THE SACRED MODERNIST: JOSEF ALBERS AS A CATHOLIC ARTIST,
GLUCKSMAN GALLERY, CORK
Curated by Nicholas Fox Weber, Director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, this exhibition presents the work of the great Bauhaus-trained modernist in a new way. The Sacred Modernist: Josef Albers as a Catholic Artist brings together works from all phases of Albers's life. It presents his earliest sketches of cathedrals in Germany, includes numerous glass pieces from his time at the Bauhaus and North Carolina's Black Mountain College, and culminates in his final 1976 Homage to the Square.
In prominent position in the exhibition is the reconstructed stained glass window Rosa Mystica which was designed by Josef Albers for St. Michael's Church in Bottrop, Germany and which was destroyed during WWII. Through the determined fieldwork and archival resources of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery is honoured to present a full scale reconstruction of Albers's design for the Rosa Mystica. The window was fabricated by Peter’s Glas Studio in Paderborn, Germany. This is the first time the re-commissioned window will be seen in public. The exhibition runs until 8th July 2012.
W: www.glucksman.org
Curated by Nicholas Fox Weber, Director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, this exhibition presents the work of the great Bauhaus-trained modernist in a new way. The Sacred Modernist: Josef Albers as a Catholic Artist brings together works from all phases of Albers's life. It presents his earliest sketches of cathedrals in Germany, includes numerous glass pieces from his time at the Bauhaus and North Carolina's Black Mountain College, and culminates in his final 1976 Homage to the Square.
In prominent position in the exhibition is the reconstructed stained glass window Rosa Mystica which was designed by Josef Albers for St. Michael's Church in Bottrop, Germany and which was destroyed during WWII. Through the determined fieldwork and archival resources of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery is honoured to present a full scale reconstruction of Albers's design for the Rosa Mystica. The window was fabricated by Peter’s Glas Studio in Paderborn, Germany. This is the first time the re-commissioned window will be seen in public. The exhibition runs until 8th July 2012.
W: www.glucksman.org
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