Anni Albers: Constructing Textiles
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-3-7757-6035-5 (ISBN)
Description
The quintessential modernist
Anni Albers is recognized as a pivotal artist and designer of the 20th century. Constructing Textiles emphasizes her focus on textile design and her collaborations with architects. The catalogue explores the diverse materials, techniques, and applications in her work, connecting them with her intellectual insights from writings and lectures. Enrolling at the Bauhaus in 1922, Albers immersed herself in textile creation through experimentation and problem-solving. Her innovative work as a writer, artist, designer, weaver, and printmaker, along with her architectural collaborations, showcases her understanding of creativity, craftsmanship, and thoughtful design. Contributions from contemporary scholars highlight her influence on new generations of artists and designers. Three of Albers's texts, including "Constructing Textiles", introduce her unique wisdom and methods.
Anni Albers is recognized as a pivotal artist and designer of the 20th century. Constructing Textiles emphasizes her focus on textile design and her collaborations with architects. The catalogue explores the diverse materials, techniques, and applications in her work, connecting them with her intellectual insights from writings and lectures. Enrolling at the Bauhaus in 1922, Albers immersed herself in textile creation through experimentation and problem-solving. Her innovative work as a writer, artist, designer, weaver, and printmaker, along with her architectural collaborations, showcases her understanding of creativity, craftsmanship, and thoughtful design. Contributions from contemporary scholars highlight her influence on new generations of artists and designers. Three of Albers's texts, including "Constructing Textiles", introduce her unique wisdom and methods.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ostfildern
Germany
Illustrations
200 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-6035-5 (9783775760355)
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Anni Albers (*1899 Charlottenburg near Berlin-1994 Orange, CT) was a German-American textile artist, weaver and graphic designer. She studied and taught at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, she emigrated to the USA with her husband Josef Albers. There she taught at the newly founded Black Mountain College art school. From the 1950s onwards, she worked in Connecticut as a freelance textile artist; in 1966/67, she designed the large-format Holocaust memorial Six Prayers, commissioned by the Jewish Museum, New York.
Includes texts by Glenn Adamson, Anni Albers, Brenda Danilowitz, Fabienne Eggelhoefer, Frida Escobedo, Nicholas Fox Weber, Karis Medina, Amy Jean Porter, Jeffrey Saletnik, Nina Zimmer.
Includes texts by Glenn Adamson, Anni Albers, Brenda Danilowitz, Fabienne Eggelhoefer, Frida Escobedo, Nicholas Fox Weber, Karis Medina, Amy Jean Porter, Jeffrey Saletnik, Nina Zimmer.