Bücher von Heinz Liesbrock

Josef Albers's groundbreaking series Homage to the Square comprises roughly two thousand oil paintings. His continuous reflections and refinements for more than 25 years inspired numerous young minimal and conceptual artists in their search for a reduced formal language. This outstanding catalogue explores the secret of Albers's subtle aesthetic and unearths its preconditions: What is the significance of the square? How does his impression of color and its use as a material change during this period? Featuring studies on paper, archival materials, as well as essays by internationally-leading Albers experts such as Jeannette Redensek and Heinz Liesbrock, this richly illustrated publication sheds light on the various inspirations that influenced Albers early on in Europe and later in America, and illustrates the lasting impact of his art and thinking.As an influential teacher, writer, painter, and color theorist JOSEF ALBERS (1888, Bottrop-1976, New Haven, CT) is one of the leading pioneers of twentieth-century modernism. From 1923 onwards he taught at the Bauhaus, and continued to do so after his emigration to the USA in 1933 at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and at Yale University, where he worked on his Homage to the Square from 1950 until his death. HEINZ LIESBROCK (*1953) was the long-standing director of the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop. He has written extensively on Albers and his influence on art history.

Die Wirkung der Farbe in den Werken von Josef Albers ist kraftvoll und unverwechselbar. Linie, Farbe, Fläche und Raum interagieren miteinander, fordern die Wahrnehmung des Betrachters heraus. Albers' Serie "Homage to the Square" wurde zum Markenzeichen des wegweisenden Ku¿nstlers, Lehrers, Kunsttheoretikers und Impulsgebers. Der retrospektive Katalog zeigt Hauptwerke seines facettenreichen Schaffens.Albers erforschte die Farbe in ihrer ku¿nstlerischen Dimension. Er wollte Farbe denken, suchte nach ihrem Gewicht, diskutierte mit seinen Studenten u¿ber ihr sich immer wieder veränderndes Gesicht und den Verlust aller Gewissheit: "Nur der Schein tru¿gt nicht", schrieb er. Albers steht fu¿r eine Kunst, die neu zu sehen lehrt. Der Katalog beginnt mit seiner Zeit am Bauhaus in Weimar und Dessau, schlägt einen Bogen zu den Schwerpunkten der amerikanischen Jahre - zur Begegnung mit Mexiko und der Serie "Homage to the Square". Gezeigtwerden Malerei, Druckgrafik, Möbel, Gebrauchsgegenstände, Arbeiten in Glas, Fotografie und präkolumbische Skulpturen. Eine Gegenu¿berstellung von Renaissance-Skulpturen und Ikonen mit Gemälden von Albers verdeutlicht die geistig-spirituelle Dimension seiner Kunst. Beleuchtet wird ebenfalls die Wirkung von Albers auf die amerikanische Kunst der 1960er Jahre, die sogenannte Minimal Art.Text: Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Michael Beggs, Brenda Danilowitz, Charles Darwent, Donald Judd, Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, Jeannette Redensek, Jerry Zeniuk u.a.

"When someone says, 'red' (referring to a description or a color), and when fifty people are listening, you can expect that fifty people will think of red. You can be sure that all of these reds are different." With the first two sentences that begin a masterpiece of art education, Interaction of Color, it becomes clear how complicated the impact of color and its visual perception can be. First published in 1963 by Yale University Press in a limited serigraph edition with 150 color plates, this text became a mass-market paperback with just a few color plates in 1971. Since then, more than a quarter-million copies of it in various editions have been sold. This influential handbook and teaching tool for artists, instructors, and students is now being republished as a new translation in a much-expanded edition. With a new introduction by Heinz Liesbrock, it contains around sixty illustrations of the color principles Albers used to demonstrate important axioms and rules of color and its effects. As did previous editions, this handbook offers indispensable knowledge for everyone who deals with visual communication.An artist, educator, and color theorist, JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976) was also a pioneer of twentieth-century modernism. He is known for his comprehensive series of works, Homage to the Square (1950-76) and taught at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and at Yale University. HEINZ LIESBROCK (*1953) is Director of the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop. He has written extensively on Albers and his impact on art, as well as on Edward Hopper, Walker Evans, and others.