Josef Albers在墨西哥汇集了来自Solomon R. Guggenheim博物馆和Anni and Josef Albers基金会收藏的变型/Adobe(1946-66)和向广场致敬(1950-76)系列的照片,照片拼贴画,版画和重要绘画。两篇学术论文,一幅插图地图和生动的彩色绘画复制品和纸上作品阐明了这位有影响力的艺术家在这段鲜为人知的时期的实践。
Albers in "the promised land of abstract art”: the little-known influence of Mexico
“Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art,” Josef Albers wrote to his former Bauhaus colleague Vasily Kandinsky in 1936. Josef Albers in Mexico reveals the profound link between the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica and Albers’ abstract works on canvas and paper. With his wife, the artist Anni Albers, Albers toured pre-Columbian archeological sites and monuments during his 12 or more trips to Mexico and other Latin American countries between 1935 and 1968. On each visit, Albers took black-and-white photographs of pyramids, shrines, sanctuaries and landscapes, which he later assembled into rarely seen photo collages. The resulting works demonstrate Albers’ continued formal experimentation with geometry, this time accentuating a pre-Columbian aesthetic.
Josef Albers in Mexico brings together photographs, photo collages, prints and significant paintings from the Variants/Adobe (1946–66) and Homage to the Square (1950–76) series from the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation. Two scholarly essays, an illustrated map and vivid color reproductions of paintings and works on paper illuminate this little-known period in the influential artist’s practice.
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