Research Catalog
Josef Albers in Mexico
- Title
- Josef Albers in Mexico / Lauren Hinkson.
- Publication
- New York, New York : Guggenheim Museum Publications, [2017]
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- Description
- 157 pages : color illustrations, map; 34 cm
- 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).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- "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."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JQG 18-46
- ISBN
- 9780892075362
- 0892075368
- LCCN
- 2017040457
- OCLC
- 989748825
- Title
- Josef Albers in Mexico / Lauren Hinkson.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Guggenheim Museum Publications, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Albers, Josef, artist.Hinkson, Lauren, author, organizer.Barriendos Rodríguez, Joaquín, author.Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, organizer, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- JQG 18-46