Centre Pompidou
Paris, France
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"A rigorous reevaluation positioning Albers' weaving not as craft but as structural inquiry on par with modernist architecture."
Centre Pompidou presents the most comprehensive Anni Albers exhibition in Europe to date, gathering over 200 weavings, studies, and printed textiles spanning the artist's Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Yale years. Through a rich dialogue between wall hangings, architectural drawings, and pedagogical diagrams, the exhibition foregrounds Albers's textile practice as a rigorous theory of surface, pliancy, and load. The presentation traces how Albers transformed weaving from a craft into a modernist language, exploring her innovations in material, structure, and pattern across decades of artistic and pedagogical activity. Rare studies and printed textiles reveal her experimental process, while larger works demonstrate her sustained engagement with architecture and design. Newly conserved pieces from the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation anchor the final gallery, offering visitors a intimate encounter with works rarely seen in public. Together, the exhibition reframes Anni Albers as a central figure of twentieth-century design whose thinking on textiles continues to resonate.
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