Josef Albers in Mexico

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<p><strong>Albers in "the promised land of abstract art¿: the little-known influence of Mexico</strong></p><p>¿Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art,¿ Josef Albers wrote to his former Bauhaus colleague Vasily Kandinsky in 1936. <I>Josef Albers in Mexico</I> 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 pre-Columbian 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 black-and-white 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 pre-Columbian aesthetic.</p><p><I>Josef Albers in Mexico</I> brings together photographs, photo collages, prints and significan