Masters of Modernism: Josef and Anni Albers

A new collection of exclusive posters from a Bauhaus powerhouse duo

Wrong Shop is proud to announce an exclusive new series of eight posters celebrating the pioneering work of Bauhaus legends, Josef and Anni Albers. Developed in close collaboration with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, this collection unites the legacy of two of the most influential figures in 20th-century Modernism.

Josef and Anni Albers were prolific artists, educators and authors until their deaths, Josef in 1973 aged 88, and Anni in 1994 aged 94. The goal of the Foundation, as established by the Alberses in 1972, is “the revelation and evocation of vision through art.” Based in Connecticut, it continues to look after the Albers's estate with the aim to perpetuate the vision of Anni and Josef Albers through exhibitions, publications, and art education. Learn more about the powerhouse couple in this video with words from the Director of the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, Nicholas Fox Weber:

This collaborative poster series features, exclusively for Wrong Shop includes four posters from Anni Albers, highlighting her late 1960s and early 1970s colour studies for wall hangings, including a wall hanging for the iconic Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City. Josef and Anni took frequent trips to Mexico throughout their lives in America, and they studied the architectural ruins of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. Her exploration of triangular motifs, repeated across these works, reflects a deep engagement with the tension between order and chaos, as well as an infatuation with Mexican form and culture - she amassed a large collection of pre-Columbian artefacts and textiles. As Anni herself once noted, her geometric forms were inspired by the crystalline structures in nature, where "one impurity" acts as a catalyst for creation.

Josef and Anni Albers in Mexico © 2023 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York