Exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen, edited by Herbert Eichhorn
Text collage (German/English) by Tilman Osterwold with Gabriele Ott-Osterwold
176 p. with 70 colour illustrations
Format 28.5 x 19.5 cm, softcover with dust jacket
29,80 €
The Jerg Ratgeb Prize, which is awarded every four years by the HAP Grieshaber Foundation in Reutlingen, was last awarded to Joannis Avramidis in 2014, alongside Carlfriedrich Claus and Lucian Freud in previous years. In 2018, the prize will now go to Olaf Metzel. Originally donated jointly by HAP Grieshaber and Rolf Szymanski, the prize is intended to symbolise "the freedom of art and non-violence in the fight for greater humanity". Jerg Ratgeb (1480-1526) was a southern German painter whose altarpieces can still be seen today, for example in the Schwaigern town church. During the Peasants' War, the rebels elected him war councillor and chancellor, he fought on Duke Ulrich's side to regain his territory and was finally put on trial in Pforzheim in 1526 "for the sake of the Peasants' War and Duke Ulrich", convicted of high treason and "torn apart by four horses". The book, published on the occasion of the award and an associated exhibition at the Spendhaus art museum in Reutlingen, provides a chronological retrospective with exhibition views of Olaf Metzel's work, which has been characterised from the outset by a sometimes harsh realism and spectacular stagings, which has not only earned the artist international recognition, but has also often earned him some hostility.
Exhibition:
Art Museum Spendhaus Reutlingen, 5/5 - 8/7/2018
