ICA Belgium's Walk & Talk / Meet & Learn
29 June 2024: Josef and Anni Albers, Iconic Couple of Modernism (members-only)
Join us on the 29th of June at 11h in Villa Empain in Brussels for ICA-Belgium's Walk & Talk / Meet & Learn event for members.
We will be visiting the exhibition Josef and Anni Albers: Iconic Couple of Modernism, the first exhibition dedicated to their work in Belgium.
When one talks about the interaction of colour, one can not exclude Josef Albers. Many professionals working in the field of colour today, still encounter his way of teaching colour.
Let us share experiences about our interaction with the work and teaching of Josef Albers while visiting the exhibition together.
What did we learn from him? How did his views on colour influence our perception and understanding of colour? How did Josef Albers make an impact on teaching colour? These are just a few subjects we can discuss.
The Venue
The exhibition is held at the Villa Empain, a masterpiece of Brussels Art Deco architecture, built at the beginning of the 1930s by Swiss/Belgian architect Michel Polak.
With almost hundred artworks (paintings, assemblages, photographs, graphic works, textiles, films and furniture), the exhibition not only presents a fascinating sample of Josef and Anni Albers’ ouvre but also shows how strong their mutual bond was and how well they matched each other artistically. They supported and encouraged each other throughout their lives. Villa Empain was, initially, designed as a home for a couple. It is a pearl of Art Deco architecture that, with its pure lines, heralded the arrival of modernism. It is therefore a fitting backdrop for showcasing the international and distinctly modern vision of Josef and Anni Albers, especially the artistic and pedagogical values they still embody to this very day.
Share
Each participant is invited to share about one of Josef Albers's (or Anni's) works, or a related story, or tell about an impression their work and ideas left on them. This is, of course, voluntary, and you are welcome to just watch and listen while we go around the exhibition.
If you are a member of ICA-Belgium and would like to join us on this Walk&Talk / Meet&Learn event, please send us an email to ica@ica-belgium.org to let us know you will be coming.
If you are not yet a member, now could be a good opportunity to apply for membership. Read more about it here.
Hope to see you there,
The ICA-Belgium team, Maja, Inez and Jeannette
* The full entrance fee to the exhibition is 12€ and should be paid individually. Free entrance with the Belgian museum pass.
Get your tickets here.
** The event is for members only. Members are free to bring along a partner or children.
As a nonprofit organisation, run entirely by volunteers and on a very limited budget, we are counting on you to help us continue offering free online Colour Talks, colour related information and accessible colour related events and education. Consider to either become an ICA-Belgium member, or a paid subscriber. You can also buy ICA a coffee.
