Josef
Albers Sunny Side Up is on from January 13 until March 10 2017 at David Zwirner, 24 Grafton Street, London, W1S 4EZ
Not exact matches
Zwirner's new exhibition will focus on the colour yellow and is entitled
Sunny Side Up after a comment
Albers made that some of his yellow paintings made him think of squared up fried eggs.
In its January show in London, «
Sunny Side Up,» Zwirner will focus on the yellow in
Albers's work, which most likely had to do with the artist's interest in Mexico and in Maya culture.
Different palettes create different climates, according to
Albers, and Zwirner - goers in New York get the bleaker weather of his grey and black works, whereas in London «all is sweet / on the
sunny side of the street».
«Josef
Albers:
Sunny Side Up» is on view until 10 March.
«
Sunny Side Up» follows on from David Zwirner's November / December 2016
Albers survey in New York, «Josef
Albers: Grey Scales, Grey Steps, Grey Ladders», which focused on the artist's use of black, white, and grey.
Installation view of Josef
Albers» «
Sunny Side Up» exhibition at London gallery David Zwirner.
But you're forced to look more closely by a show of forty predominantly yellow works and studies (Josef
Albers: «
Sunny Side Up» at David Zwirner to 10th March, all sourced from the Josef and Anni
Albers Foundation).
Sunny Side Up, a trove of paintings in which yellow dominates, is drawn from five decades of the artist's work and conveys the limitless expressive potential of color and light that characterizes
Albers's practice as a whole.
Sunny Side Up, a trove of paintings in which yellow dominates, is drawn from five decades of the artist's work and conveys the limitless expressive potential of colour and light that characterises
Albers's practice as a whole.