Josef Albers: Homage to the Square
1950–1976
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Publication Date: 2023
Texts by Gottfried Boehm, Vincent Broqua, Fritz Horstman, Raimer Jochims, Donald Judd, Heinz Liesbrock, Amy Jean Porter, Jeannette Redensek, and Margit Rowell
The essential account of Albers’s enormously influential proto-Minimalist series, featuring studies and archival materials
Made over the course of a quarter century between 1950 and his death in 1976, Josef Albers’s groundbreaking series Homage to the Square comprises 2,000 oil paintings. His quest for continuous reflection and refinement inspired numerous young Minimalist and Conceptualist artists in their search for a reduced formal language. This outstanding volume explores the secrets of Albers’s subtle aesthetic and the questions it poses: what is the significance of the square? How did Albers’s thoughts on color and its use as a material evolve over this span?
Featuring studies on paper, archival materials and essays by Albers aficionados Margit Rowell and Donald Judd, among others, this richly illustrated publication sheds light on the various inspirations that influenced Albers early on in Europe and later in America, and illustrates the lasting impact of his art and thinking.
Details
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Artist: Josef Albers
Publication Date: 2023
ISBN: 9783775754163
Retail: $80 | $112 CAN
Status: Available
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: 8.75 x 12 in | 22.2 x 30.5 cm
Pages: 356
Reproductions: 220 illustrations
Artist and Contributors
Josef Albers
Josef Albers (1888–1976) is considered one of the most influential abstract painters of the twentieth century, as well as an important designer and educator. Albers’s artistic career, which bridged European and American Modernism, consisted mainly of a tightly focused investigation into the perceptual properties of color and spatial relationships.
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