Josef Albers in Mexico / Lauren Hinkson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinkson, Lauren, author, organizer.

Barriendos Rodríguez, Joaquín, author.

Contributor:

Albers, Josef.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, organizer, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Albers, Josef--Exhibitions.

Albers, Josef.

Albers, Josef--Travel--Mexico--Exhibitions.

Indian art--Mexico--Influence--Exhibitions.

Indian art.

Indian architecture--Mexico--Influence--Exhibitions.

Indian architecture.

Indian architecture--Influence.

Indian art--Influence.

Travel.

Mexico.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

157 pages : color illustrations, map ; 33 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Guggenheim Museum Publications, [2017]

Summary:

On his first trip to Mexico, in 1935, Josef Albers (1888-1976) encountered the magnificent architecture of ancient Mesoamerica. He later remarked in a letter to Vasily Kandinsky, a former colleague at the Bauhaus, "Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art." With his wife, artist Anni Albers (1899- 1994), Josef Albers visited Mexico and other Latin American countries nearly a dozen times from 1935-67. They saw numerous archeological sites and monuments, especially in Mexico and Peru. On each visit, he took hundreds of black-and-white photographs of the pyramids, shrines, and sanctuaries at these sites, often grouping multiple images printed at various scales onto 8 by 10 inch sheets. Albers's experiences in Latin America offer an essential context for understanding his paintings and prints, particularly from his Homage to the Square and Variant/Adobe series, examples of which are featured in this show. Exhibition: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States (03.11.2017 - 18.02.2018).

Contents:

Ruins in reverse: Josef Albers In Mexico / Lauren Hinkson

Devouring squares: Josef Albers in the center of the pyramid / Joaqún Barriendos

Truthfulness in art / Josef Albers

Map: on journeys

Plates : Monte Albán ; Mitla ; Teotihuacán ; Tenayuca ; Uxmal ; Oaxaca ; Chichén Itzá.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Josef Albers in Mexico, organized by Lauren Hinkson, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, November 3, 2017-February 18, 2018."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780892075362

0892075368

OCLC:

989748825