The effect of colour in the work of Josef Albers is powerful and unmistakable. Line colour
area and space all interact with one another challenging the viewer's perception. Albers'
series Homage to the Square became the hallmark of the pioneering artist teacher art theorist
and driving force. The catalogue presents the main works from his multifaceted oeuvre. Josef
Albers investigated colour in all its artistic dimensions. He wanted to think colour tried to
determine its weight discussed its ever-changing faces and the loss of all certainty with his
students: Only appearances are not deceiving he wrote. Albers represents an art that learned a
new way of seeing. The catalogue begins with his time at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau and
spans a long creative career including major moments in America: encounters with Mexico and
the Homage to the Square series. Paintings prints furniture everyday objects works in glass
photographs and pre-Columbian sculptures are all shown. The juxtaposition of Renaissance
sculptures and icons with paintings by Albers underlines the intellectual and spiritual
dimension of his art. The effect of Albers on 1960s American art so-called Minimal Art is
also illuminated. Text: Anni Albers Josef Albers Michael Beggs Brenda Danilowitz Charles
Darwent Donald Judd Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen Jeannette Redensek Jerry Zeniuk u.a.
