ANNI & JOSEF ALBERS: EQUAL AND UNEQUAL 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。

20世紀で最も重要な抽象芸術家であるこの巨匠たちの豊かな創作活動と魅力あふれる関係をまとめた一冊。ドイツの「BAUHAUS(バウハウス)」での形成期から、アメリカの「ブラック・マウンテン・カレッジ(Black Mountain College)」における著しい影響力、そしてコネチカットでの溢れる創作力が発揮される時期まで、二者の生涯と作品をふんだんに紹介する。

750点以上の作品のほか、活動の様子を記録したイメージ群、本書で初公開となるものも多数含んだ資料が満載されており、この伝説的とも言える二人が歩んだ非凡な人生とキャリアを辿っている。

ルース・アサワ(Ruth Asawa)マルセル・ブロイヤー(Marcel Breuer)マース・カニングハム(Merce Cunningham)、フィリップ・ジョンソン(Philip Johnson)、パウル・クレー(Paul Klee)、ジェイコブ・ローレンス(Jacob Lawrence)など、20世紀において重要なアーティストや建築家たちとアルバース夫妻との関係に焦点を当てた短いエッセイも多数掲載。美しい布装が施された表紙は、2人のアーティストの作品を物語る洗練された色調とデザインを採用している。この包括的な一代記は、芸術が人間の存在において中心に在るという奥深い信念を世に伝えた二人の豊かでダイナミックな人生と、互いへの無限の影響力を物語っている。

A spectacular and unprecedented visual biography of the leading pioneers and protagonists of modern art and design.

Josef - painter, designer, and teacher - and Anni Albers - textile artist and printmaker - are among the twentieth century's most important abstract artists, and this is the first monograph to celebrate the rich creative output and beguiling relationship of these two masters in one elegant volume. It presents their life and work as never before, from their formative years at the Bauhaus in Germany to their remarkable influence at Black Mountain College in the United States through their intensely productive period in Connecticut.

Accessibly written, the book is packed with more than 750 artworks, archival images, and documents - many published here for the first time - all tracing the remarkable lives and careers of this legendary couple.

Dispersed throughout area series of short essays on artists that focuses on the Alberses relationship with a number of important artists and architects of the 20th century, like Ruth Asawa, Marcel Breuer, Merce Cunningham, Philip Johnson, Paul Klee, Jacob Lawrence, and many more.

The beautifully cloth-bound package utilizes an elegant color palette and design that speaks to the work of both artists. This comprehensive visual biography showcases the artists' rich and dynamic lives, and their infinite influence on each other, as they shared the profound conviction that art was central to human existence.

by Anni Albers , Josef Albers

REGULAR PRICE ¥27,500  (tax incl.)

hardcover
512 pages
238 x 305 mm
color, black and white
2020

published by PHAIDON

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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]
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
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