Josef Albers in Mexico / Lauren Hinkson.

Title & Author:

Josef Albers in Mexico / Lauren Hinkson.

Publication:

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

Description:

157 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 34 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Ruins in reverse: Josef Albers In Mexico / Lauren Hinkson -- Devouring squares: Josef Albers in the center of the pyramid / Joaquín Barriendos -- Truthfulness in art / Josef Albers -- Map: on journeys -- Plates : Monte Albán ; Mitla ; Teotihuacán ; Tenayuca ; Uxmal ; Oaxaca ; Chichén Itzá.

Exhibitions:

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.

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).

ISBN:

9780892075362 (hardcover)
0892075368 (hardcover)

Subject:

Albers, Josef Exhibitions.
Albers, Josef Travel Mexico Exhibitions.
Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 Expositions.
Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 Voyages Mexique Expositions.
Albers, Josef.
Albers, Josef 1888-1976
Indian art Mexico Influence Exhibitions.
Indian architecture Mexico Influence Exhibitions.
Art autochtone Mexique Influence Expositions.
Architecture autochtone Mexique Influence Expositions.
Architecture précolombienne Mexique Influence Expositions.
Indian architecture Influence.
Indian art Influence.
Travel.
Fotografie
Malerei
Mexiko
Pyramide
Zeichnung
Mexico.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Hinkson, Lauren, organizer.
Barriendos Rodríguez, Joaquín.
Albers, Josef.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, organizer, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 298317
Call No.: BIB 244604
Status: Available

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