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Anni Albers

Anni Albers

Müller-Schareck, Maria
Coxon, Ann
Fer, Briony

Hardcover

Fashion & AccessoriesGeneral ArtIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $60.00

ISBN10: 0300237251
ISBN13: 9780300237252
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Aug 7 2018
Pages: 192
Weight: 2.33
Height: 0.87 Width: 8.27 Depth: 10.39
Language: English
A long-overdue reassessment of one of the most important and influential woman artists working at midcentury

Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a German textile designer, weaver, and printmaker, and among the leading pioneers of 20th-century modernism. Although she has heavily influenced generations of artists and designers, her contribution to modernist art history has been comparatively overlooked, especially in relation to that of her husband, Josef. In this groundbreaking and beautifully illustrated volume, Albers's most important works are examined to fully explore and redefine her contribution to 20th-century art and design and highlight her significance as an artist in her own right.

Featured works--from her early activity at the Bauhaus as well as from her time at Black Mountain College, and spanning her entire fruitful career--include wall hangings, designs for commercial use, drawings and studies, jewelry, and prints. Essays by international experts focus on key works and themes, relate aspects of Albers's practice to her seminal texts On Designing and On Weaving, and identify broader contextual material, including examples of the Andean textiles that Albers collected and in which she found inspiration for her understanding of woven thread as a form of language. Illuminating Albers's skill as a weaver, her material awareness, and her deep understanding of art and design, this publication celebrates an artist of enormous importance and showcases the timeless nature of her creativity.

Published in association with Tate

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