Brenda Danilowitz has curated the wonderful Anni Albers exhibition at David Zwirner’s West 20th street gallery. Albers is one the preeminent fiber artist of the 20th century. There are s number of her weaving masterworks on display. What I found special about this show was the works on paper. There was one large room devoted to gouache color studies, drawings and prints.
Some of the pieces from the 1970’s really caught my eye.
In each of these three works Albers has used a grid of squares. The squares have been split in half diagonally. The resulting isosceles right triangles have been colored in contrast to the other half.
“Color Study (Blue and Reds)” is a gouache and diazotype on paper from 1970.
“Study for Second Movement III” graphite on paper, 1970
“Second Movement III” two color copper plate etching, 1978
Susan Happersett
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