{"product_id":"josef-albers-in-mexico","title":"Josef Albers In Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbers In The Promised Land Of Abstract Art: The Littleknown Influence Of Mexicomexico Is Truly The Promised Land Of Abstract Art, Josef Albers Wrote To His Former Bauhaus Colleague Vasily Kandinsky In 1936. Josef Albers In Mexico Reveals The Profound Link Between The Art And Architecture Of Ancient Mesoamerica And Albers Abstract Works On Canvas And Paper. With His Wife, The Artist Anni Albers, Albers Toured Precolumbian Archeological Sites And Monuments During His 12 Or More Trips To Mexico And Other Latin American Countries Between 1935 And 1968. On Each Visit, Albers Took Blackandwhite Photographs Of Pyramids, Shrines, Sanctuaries And Landscapes, Which He Later Assembled Into Rarely Seen Photo Collages. The Resulting Works Demonstrate Albers Continued Formal Experimentation With Geometry, This Time Accentuating A Precolumbian Aesthetic.Josef Albers In Mexico Brings Together Photographs, Photo Collages, Prints And Significant Paintings From The Variants\/Adobe (194666) And Homage To The Square (195076) Series From The Collections Of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum And The Anni And Josef Albers Foundation. Two Scholarly Essays, An Illustrated Map And Vivid Color Reproductions Of Paintings And Works On Paper Illuminate This Littleknown Period In The Influential Artists Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guggenheim Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47090859737333,"sku":"SONG0892075368","price":50.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/51YCnbGBeqL.jpg?v=1759494329","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/josef-albers-in-mexico","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}