Main entry:

Albers, Anni, artist.

Title & Author:

Anni Albers / edited by Ann Coxon, Briony Fer, and Maria Müller-Schareck.

Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2018.
©2018

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, K20, June 9-September 9, 2018, and Tate Modern, London, October 11, 2018-January 27, 2019.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition organised by Tate Modern in collaboration with the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen and held at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, K20, June 9-September 9, 2018, and at Tate Modern, London, October 11, 2018-January 27, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173, 177) and index.
Anni Albers : a many-sided artist / Ann Coxon and Maria Müller-Schareck -- Close to the stuff the world is made of : weaving as a modern project / Briony Fer -- Works. The Bauhaus workshops / Magdalena Droste ; Monumental : developing a wall covering / T'ai Smith ; Black Mountain College exercises / Briony Fer ; Discovering Monte Albán / María Minera ; Tangles, knots, braids, loops and links / Brenda Danilowitz ; Anni Albers as collector / Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye ; Exhibiting textiles : MoMA 1949 / Priyesh Mistry ; The language of threads / Maria Müller-Schareck ; Temple commissions and Six prayers / Ann Coxon ; Process and metamorphosis : printmaking / Nicholas Fox Weber ; An artistic legacy / Ann Coxon.

Summary:

Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a German textile designer, weaver, and printmaker, and among the leading pioneers of 20th-century modernism. Although she has heavily influenced generations of artists and designers, her contribution to modernist art history has been comparatively overlooked, especially in relation to that of her husband, Josef. In this groundbreaking and beautifully illustrated volume, Albers's most important works are examined to fully explore and redefine her contribution to 20th-century art and design and highlight her significance as an artist in her own right. Featured works--from her early activity at the Bauhaus as well as from her time at Black Mountain College, and spanning her entire fruitful career--include wall hangings, designs for commercial use, drawings and studies, jewelry, and prints. Essays by international experts focus on key works and themes, relate aspects of Albers's practice to her seminal texts On Designing and On Weaving, and identify broader contextual material, including examples of the Andean textiles that Albers collected and in which she found inspiration for her understanding of woven thread as a form of language. Illuminating Albers's skill as a weaver, her material awareness, and her deep understanding of art and design, this publication celebrates an artist of enormous importance and showcases the timeless nature of her creativity.

ISBN:

9780300237252 (hardback)
0300237251 (hardback)

Subject:

Albers, Anni Exhibitions.
Albers, Anni Criticism and interpretation.
Albers, Anni Themes, motives.
Albers, Anni
Textile crafts United States 20th century Exhibitions.
Textile fabrics History 20th century Exhibitions.
Jewish women artists Germany 20th century Exhibitions.
Textile artists Germany 20th century Exhibitions.
German American artists 20th century Exhibitions.
Textiles et tissus Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Artistes juives Allemagne 20e siècle Expositions.
Artistes textiles Allemagne 20e siècle Expositions.
Artistes américains d'origine allemande 20e siècle Expositions.
Themes, motives
Textile crafts
Textile artists
Jewish women artists
German American artists
Textile fabrics
Textile crafts United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
United States
Germany

Form/genre:

Essay
Exhibition.
exhibition catalogs.
essays.
illustrated books.
Essays
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Illustrated works
Catalogues d'exposition.
Essais.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Coxon, Ann, editor, contributor.
Fer, Briony, editor, contributor.
Müller-Schareck, Maria, editor, contributor.
Droste, Magdalena, contributor.
Smith, T'ai Lin, 1975- contributor.
Minera, María, contributor.
Danilowitz, Brenda, contributor.
Reynolds-Kaye, Jennifer, contributor.
Mistry, Priyesh, contributor.
Weber, Nicholas Fox, 1947- contributor.
Fer, Briony editor, contributor.
Droste, Magdalena contributor.
Danilowitz, Brenda contributor.
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany), host institution, organizer.
Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution, organizer.
Yale University Press, publisher.
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) host institution, organizer.
Tate Modern (Gallery) host institution, organizer.
United States Connecticut New Haven.

Title on page 5: Annie Albers, fabrics
Fabrics

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302214
Call No.: BIB 248417
Status: Available