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New book: “Josef Albers: Messico 1935/1956”

Apr 2, 2021

Josef and Anni Albers began their travels to Mexico in 1935, drawn to a country very unlike the United States.

Josef and Anni Albers began their travels to Mexico in 1935, drawn to a country very unlike the United States. They were not in search of the exotic but rather of the traces of ancient pre-Columbian civilizations (the Mayans and the Aztecs) and testimonies of the everyday lives of the people.

Albers was a non-professional photographer with the gaze of an architect. Many of these photographs have never previously been published, and contribute to an understanding of one of the greatest innovators of twentieth-century art and culture, whose lessons about vision are never exhausted. The volume also features an introduction by Brenda Danilowitz, chief curator of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, as well as an essay by Luca Galofaro, professor (LSGMA) and curator (CAMPO, Rome).

Josef Albers: Messico 1935/1956 is available from our online bookstore or at Humboldt Books.

Josef Albers: Messico 1935/1956, Humboldt Books 2021.