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Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
Josef Albers
A Life Forged in Material: The Early Years and Bauhaus Formation Josef Albers’s artistic journey began not amidst the rarefied air of established academies, but within the pragmatic world of his father's contracting business in Bottrop, Germany. Born in 1888, young Josef absorbed a deep respect for materials – carpentry, plumbing, house-painting – skills that would fundamentally shape his aesthetic sensibility. This wasn’t merely voca
tional training; it was an immersion into the very essence of making, understanding how forms materialized and the inherent qualities within each medium. He learned to appreciate the subtle textures of wood, the precise angles of metal, the transformative power of color applied to surfaces – a foundation that would underpin his later explorations in abstraction. Before dedicating himself fully to art, Albers spent five years as a schoo…