Anni Albers. Constructing Textiles

Welcome to this exhibition, “Anni Albers. Constructing Textiles”!

Born in Berlin in 1899, Anni Albers is recognized today as one of the most significant figures in art and design in the 20th century. Her career as a creative and experimental artist begins in the 1920s at the Bauhaus in Weimar, where she meets Josef Albers. They emigrate together to the USA, and Anni Albers establishes herself as a weaver, textile designer and visual artist.

In a career lasting over 60 years, she produces a diverse range of work. As a freelance artist, she weaves pictorial textiles that demand to be seen as stand-alone pieces of art. Starting in the 1960s, she later turns her attention to printing, combining it with elements of her work as a weaver.

Even when she is still at the Bauhaus, her work aimed to combine traditional weaving techniques with modern – including mechanical – methods and new materials. She designs and develops functional textiles for buildings and interior spaces, viewing weaving as the most advanced form of architectural thinking.

This exhibition focusses on the connection between textiles and architecture, between weaving and building. Thanks to her deep understanding of materials and their uses, Albers’ work is still very relevant today, particularly in the light of the challenges facing us with regard to energy and material resources. It is here that the importance of Anni Albers as a designer, theoretician and innovator in textiles is especially clear, as is her distinctiveness as an artist.

And now: we hope you enjoy the tour!