![]() To this end, the beginning is not a study of colour systems.”"Ĭolor study, n.d. In order to use colour effectively it is necessary to recognize that colour deceives continually. This fact makes colour the most relative medium in art. As he noted at the outside of Interaction of Color: “In visual perception a colour is almost never seen as it really is – as it physically is. “To Albers mind, such studies had little practical value for the artist. Yet this near-scientific take on colour didn’t adequately explain what it was like to create and look at works of art. ![]() “Newton’s discovery that light generates colour dispelled much of the speculation that had built up around the nature of colour, and encouraged objective, scientific study,” explains Frederick A Horowitz and Brenda Danilowitz in our book Josef Albers: To Open Eyes. Oil on Masonite 31 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches (79.1 x 79.1 x 2.9 cm) © 2016 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Why Josef Albers’ squares began in black and whiteĭavid Zwirner’s current Josef Albers exhibition shows the monochromatic side of the great artist and colour theoristīefore the 20th century painter, teacher and pioneer Joseph Albers intervened, colour theory within the visual arts was as close as painting got to a science. ![]() ![]() Homage to the Square (A), (1950) by Josef Albers. ![]()
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