The first in-depth study of a monumental wall hanging-rediscovered after many years-by renowned
Bauhaus artist Anni Albers. Albers was influential in elevating textiles from craft to fine
art. Her exquisite wall hanging Camino Real-seen in public for the first time since 1989 at
David Zwirner New York in 2019 and the subject of this book-is a superb example of this
modern master's work. In 1967 noted architects Ricardo Legorreta and Luis Barragán
commissioned Albers to create a work for the newly built Hotel Camino Real in Mexico City.
Completed in 1968 her striking wall hanging Camino Real is heavily influenced by Latin
American art and culture. Showcasing Albers's approach to working with textiles as a many-sided
practice it is accompanied in this book by works Albers made following her move to the United
States in 1933 including innovative wall hangings weavings and a range of works on paper.
Together these works reflect Albers's brilliant embrace of different materials and techniques
and her ability to work at varied scales. The works in this publication offer additional
context and motifs demonstrating the artist's pioneering investment in textiles as an art form
and her parallel interest in mass-produced designs. Published on the occasion of the Anni
Albers exhibition presented at David Zwirner New York in 2019 this catalogue features new
scholarship from the show's curator Brenda Danilowitz art historian and chief curator of The
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and T'ai Smith an expert on Bauhaus craft and weaving.
