{"product_id":"one-and-one-is-four-the-bauhaus-photocollages-of-josef-albers-hardcover","title":"One and One Is Four: The Bauhaus Photocollages of Josef Albers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosef Albers\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eSarah Hermanson Meister\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Otto\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosef Albers is widely recognized as a crucial figure in 20th-century art, both as an independent practitioner and as a teacher at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College and Yale University. Albers made paintings, drawings and prints and designed furniture and typography. Arguably the least familiar aspect of his extraordinary career was his inventive engagement with photography, only widely known after his death, including his production of approximately 70 photocollages that feature photographs he made at the Bauhaus between 1928 and 1932. These works anticipate concerns that he would pursue throughout his career--the effects of adjacency, the exploration of color through white, black and gray, and the delicate balance between handcraft and mechanical production. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlbers' photographs were first shown at MoMA in a modest exhibition in 1988, when the Museum acquired two photocollages. In 2015 the Museum acquired ten additional photocollages, making its collection the most substantial anywhere outside the Albers Foundation. This publication reproduces each of the photocollages Albers made at the Bauhaus, presenting the scope of this achievement for the first time. An introductory essay by Sarah Hermanson Meister situates them within the contexts of modernist photography, the Bauhaus ethos and of Albers' own practice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerman-born abstract painter \u003cstrong\u003eJosef Albers\u003c\/strong\u003e laid the foundations for some of the most important art education programs of the 20th century. In 1936, during his time working at the Black Mountain College in North Carolina, he had his first solo exhibition in New York at J. B. Neumann's New Art Circle. In 1949, Albers left the college and began his famous \u003cem\u003eHomage to the Square\u003c\/em\u003e series. He taught at various institutions throughout America, including Yale University, New Haven, where he lectured for eight years. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, organized Albers' traveling exhibition in 1965 and a retrospective of his work was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1971. The artist died in 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Meister\u003c\/strong\u003e is Curator in the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 12.2 x 9.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770463224096,"sku":"9781633450172","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dcdf796e4ce2f3da09973f7cc5ec8eb7.webp?v=1780372213","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/one-and-one-is-four-the-bauhaus-photocollages-of-josef-albers-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}