Josef Albers
Formulation: Articulation | Folio 1 / Folder 27, 1972
Color screenprint
Paper: 15 x 40 in
Paper: 38.1 x 101.6 cm
Paper: 38.1 x 101.6 cm
Edition #427/1000
Copyright The Artist
Further images
I : 27 BICONJUGATE (“twice paired”), 1943. This shows a construction that is based on a geometrical relationship. If you draw a horizontal axis, in reading from left to right...
I : 27
BICONJUGATE (“twice paired”), 1943.
This shows a construction that is based on a geometrical relationship. If you draw a horizontal axis, in reading from left to right you will realize that the width of the passe-partout is the measure of an underlying pace, which can be compared with the beat of musical compositions. It defines the subdivision of the two figures and their distance from each other, as well as the paper margin. With this, the rule is recognized as a composition tool.
A diagonal drawn from the left lower corner of the figures to their right upper corner will show also that the corners are in a definite relationship, though sometimes outside of the composition. In this way, we can draw several diagonals and so prove that no point of this construction is arbitrary. Every part of the whole construction is distinct by an underlying structure. (From an early commentary for a slide lecture.)
BICONJUGATE (“twice paired”), 1943.
This shows a construction that is based on a geometrical relationship. If you draw a horizontal axis, in reading from left to right you will realize that the width of the passe-partout is the measure of an underlying pace, which can be compared with the beat of musical compositions. It defines the subdivision of the two figures and their distance from each other, as well as the paper margin. With this, the rule is recognized as a composition tool.
A diagonal drawn from the left lower corner of the figures to their right upper corner will show also that the corners are in a definite relationship, though sometimes outside of the composition. In this way, we can draw several diagonals and so prove that no point of this construction is arbitrary. Every part of the whole construction is distinct by an underlying structure. (From an early commentary for a slide lecture.)
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