Anni Albers: Who Is She?
In the shadow of her famous husband Josef, Annelise Fleischman Albers was a pioneering textile artist and influential teacher in her own right.
Learn more about this artist in this 20 page illustrated zine. The text is playfully laid out in warp and weft directions reflecting the way threads, and their seemingly magical ability to create a plane of fabric, enthralled Albers.
Find out where she was from, her formative experiences at the renowned BauHaus, the flight from Nazi persecution, and her time at the unconventional and no longer existing Black Mountain College. It was through her teachings and her writings that she became, and still is, a major influence on the arts.
Anni Albers was the first female to have a solo exhibition at the MoMA NY and she collaborated with architects and temples to create one- of a kind works of art. Lucky for us she lived a long life. She kept sketchbooks, translated a lot of her designs into prints, and authored several important books.
She also traveled to Central and South America where she collected artifacts and textiles that are now part of the Yale University Museum and the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany CT.
In the shadow of her famous husband Josef, Annelise Fleischman Albers was a pioneering textile artist and influential teacher in her own right.
Learn more about this artist in this 20 page illustrated zine. The text is playfully laid out in warp and weft directions reflecting the way threads, and their seemingly magical ability to create a plane of fabric, enthralled Albers.
Find out where she was from, her formative experiences at the renowned BauHaus, the flight from Nazi persecution, and her time at the unconventional and no longer existing Black Mountain College. It was through her teachings and her writings that she became, and still is, a major influence on the arts.
Anni Albers was the first female to have a solo exhibition at the MoMA NY and she collaborated with architects and temples to create one- of a kind works of art. Lucky for us she lived a long life. She kept sketchbooks, translated a lot of her designs into prints, and authored several important books.
She also traveled to Central and South America where she collected artifacts and textiles that are now part of the Yale University Museum and the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany CT.