Michael Triegel
Subtitle: metamorphosis of the gods
By: edited by Richard Hüttel
Contributors: Hüttel, Richard, Dr; Museum der Bildenden Künste (Leipzig, Germany)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Munich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9783777433714
Subjects: Expositions; Exhibitions; German Painting; Christian art and symbolism
Other titles: Metamorphosis of the gods
Description: Michael Triegel, whose paintings of religious subjects led him to receive a commission for an official portrait of Pope Benedict XVI, is one of the most important artists of the New Leipzig School, and this highly illustrated volume offers the first overview of his career to date. It reproduces more than 120 works, primarily paintings, created between 2003 and 2010, alongside preparatory sketches, drawings, watercolors, and etchings, while essays and commentaries set Triegel's work in context of contemporary trends and the cultural situation of Germany and Europe in the period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig from 28 Nov. 2010 to 6 Feb. 2011.
Table of contents: title: The metamorphosis of the gods / Richard Hüttel; title: "Was sichst du?" How Michael Triegel plays with the questionable nature of images / Wolf-Dietrich Löhr; title: Candour : Michael Triegel's portrait of the Pope / Heiko Damm; title: Disturbance, paradox and belief in Michael Triegel's Abendmahl / Reimut Reiche; title: Michael Triegel's Harmonia mundi / Richard Hüttel.