Anni Albers is recognized as one of the most influential textile designers of the twentieth century. Born Annelise Fleischmann in Berlin, she attended the renowned Bauhaus school, where she began to experiment with weaving and fiber art, receiving her diploma in 1929. After the Nazis shut down the Bauhaus, Albers and her husband, artist Josef Albers, moved to North Carolina. During their time there, Albers continued designing and weaving with nontraditional materials. In 1949, she became the first textile artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She later developed an interest in printmaking, her bold designs embodying the abstract, geometric aesthetic characteristic of the midcentury modern movement.
From the cradle to the grave,
A heavy burden crushes us . . .
Constrains the mind, destroys our strength,
Wreathes our brow with thorns . . .
And yet, with amazing power
Our lips run along the…
The setting for The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment is modeled on a communal apartment in which Kabakov once lived in Moscow. The walls of the small, shabby space are papered with upbeat…
This carpet was one of the many decorative objects with biblical themes produced at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. This design features the legendary burial site of the biblical matriarch…