Anni Albers

The first in-depth study of a monumental wall hangingrediscovered after many yearsby renowned Bauhaus artist Anni Albers. Albers was influential in elevating textiles from craft to fine art. Her exquisite wall hanging Camino Realseen for the first time outside of Mexico City at David Zwirner, New York, in 2019, and the subject of this bookis a superb example of this modern masters work. In 1967, noted architects Ricardo Legorreta and Luis Barragn commissioned Albers to create a work for the newly built Hotel Camino Real in Mexico City. Completed in 1968, her striking wall hanging Camino Real is heavily influenced by Latin American art and culture. Showcasing Alberss approach to working with textiles as a many-sided practice, it is accompanied in this book by works Albers made following her move to the United States in 1933, including innovative wall hangings, weavings, and a range of works on paper. Together, these works reflect Alberss brilliant embrace of different materials and techniques and her ability to work at varied scales. The works in this publication offer additional context and motifs, demonstrating the artists pioneering investment in textiles as an art form and her parallel interest in mass-produced designs. Published on the occasion of the Anni Albers exhibition presented at David Zwirner, New York, in 2019, this catalogue features new scholarship from the shows curator, Brenda Danilowitz, art historian and chief curator of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and Tai Smith, an expert on Bauhaus craft and weaving.