Anni Albers: 70-Year Career Survey at Guggenheim Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will host 'Anni Albers: Touching Vision' from October 6, 2017 to January 14, 2018. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, offers a chronological overview of Albers' 70-year career. A central figure of the Bauhaus weaving workshop in post-WWI Germany, she met her future husband, painter Josef Albers, there. After moving to the US, they both taught at Black Mountain College until 1949. A pioneer of Fiber Art, Albers developed weaving techniques that combined light reflection, sound absorption, durability, and minimized warp deformation. The show reveals connections between periods and series, highlighting recurring motifs and sudden solutions.
Key facts
- Anni Albers was a leading 20th-century textile designer and central figure at the Bauhaus weaving workshop.
- She met Josef Albers at the Bauhaus; they married and taught at Black Mountain College until 1949.
- The exhibition 'Anni Albers: Touching Vision' runs from October 6, 2017 to January 14, 2018 at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
- The show is organized with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.
- Albers pioneered Fiber Art, combining light reflection, sound absorption, durability, and reduced warp deformation.
- The exhibition covers her 70-year career chronologically, showing links between periods and series.
- Recurring motifs and sudden solutions are highlighted in the exhibition.
- The article was written by Claudia Giraud for Artribune.
Entities
Artists
- Anni Albers
- Josef Albers
- Claudia Giraud
Institutions
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
- Bauhaus
- Black Mountain College
- Artribune
Locations
- Bilbao
- Spain
- Germany
- United States