ART AND LIFE by Anni Albers, Josef Albers

20世紀を代表するドイツ人テキスタイルアーティスト、アニ・アルバース(Anni Albers)と夫であり抽象画家、教育者のヨゼフ・アルバース(Josef Albers)の作品集。2022年2月から6月にかけて「パリ市立近代美術館(Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris)」で開催された展覧会に伴い刊行された。本書は、20世紀のモダニズムの最も偉大な先駆者である二者の、個人的であり共通の功績を明らかにする。

本書は、絵画、写真、ドローイング、テキスタイル、家具など、250点以上の作品を収録しており、モダニズムと抽象芸術の発展に貢献した両者の創作活動の軌跡を辿る重要な一冊である。「バウハウス」での出会いや、ノースカロライナ州の芸術学校「ブラック・マウンテン・カレッジ」で日々与えた影響など、二人の関係や仕事上のパートナーシップの重要な側面を各章で探り、第一線の専門家陣が寄稿する。

本書は、先コロンビア期の美術の影響、ヨゼフの代表作「正方形讃歌」、アニのジュエリーや紙作品、「イェール大学(Yale University)」でのヨゼフの伝説的な授業、夫の死後、アニがグラフィックデザイナーとして過ごした年月などのテーマについて考察するエッセイも収録。ヨゼフは「イェール大学」での色彩論の授業で、アニは型破りの素材の革新的な使い方で、二人ともそれぞれの分野における永続的な功績が称えられている。本書は、アルバース夫妻の実験と革新、協働とチームワーク、教育と指導に対する献身、そして両者の作品が挑戦したさまざまな方法への理解を深める機会を与える。

This career-spanning exhibition catalog reveals the enormous artistic achievements—both individual and shared—of two of the greatest pioneers of twentieth-century modernism.

Featuring more than two hundred and fifty works, including paintings, photographs, drawings, textiles and furniture, this essential volume traces the creative development of Josef and Anni Albers—both instrumental figures in the development of modernism and abstract art. Illustrated profusely throughout, this book features contributions from leading experts in chapters exploring the couple’s relationship and important aspects of their professional partnership, including their meeting at the Bauhaus School and their influential years at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. Wide-ranging essays examine topics
such as the influence of Pre-Colombian art; Josef’s masterwork Homage to the Square; Anni’s jewelry and works on paper; Josef’s famed classes at Yale University; and Anni’s years as a graphic designer after her husband’s death. Both artists are celebrated for their lasting achievements in their respective fields—Josef for his color theory classes at Yale, Anni for her innovative use of unconventional materials. Readers will come away with an appreciation for the Albers’ experimentation and innovation; their collaboration and teamwork; their dedication to education and mentorship; and the many ways their work challenged.

by Anni Albers , Josef Albers

REGULAR PRICE ¥12,100  (tax incl.)

hardcover
280 pages
240 x 280 mm
color, black and white
2023

published by PRESTEL PUBLISHING

ANNI & JOSEF ALBERS: EQUAL AND UNEQUAL by Anni Albers, Josef Albers
WEAVING AT BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE by Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez
NOTEBOOK 1970–1980 by Anni Albers
SOLD OUT YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE – THE JOSEF AND ANNI ALBERS FOUNDATION AT 50
SOLD OUT ANNI AND JOSEF ALBERS by Lake Verea
CAMINO REAL by Anni Albers
SOLD OUT ANNI ALBERS by Anni Albers
ON WEAVING: NEW EXPANDED EDITION by Anni Albers
JOSEF ALBERS IN AMERICA - PAINTING ON PAPER by Josef Albers
ONE AND ONE IS FOUR: THE BAUHAUS PHOTOCOLLAGES OF JOSEF ALBERS by Josef Albers
POEMS AND DRAWINGS by Josef Albers [FOURTH EDITION]
SALE POEMS AND DRAWINGS by Josef Albers [FOURTH EDITION / SALE]
HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE by Josef Albers
SOLD OUT INTERACTION OF COLOR by Josef Albers [NEW COMPLETE EDITION]
ALBERS AND MORANDI: NEVER FINISHED by Josef Albers, Giorgio Morandi
JOSEF ALBERS IN MEXICO by Josef Albers
INTERACTION OF ALBERS by Hans G. Conrad