EN · David Zwirner · Josef Albers Exposition " Duets" · 15 January–21 March 2026· Texte Nicholas Fox Weber · David Zwirner Paris · 108, rue Vieille du Temple, 75003, Paris · Press Release

Josef Albers Variant of "Related", c. 1938-1943
Oil on wood composition board in artist's frame
16 x 13 inches · 40.6 x 33 cm
Framed: 17 3/8 x 14 x 1 3/4 inches · 44.1 x 35.6 x 4.5 cm
Initialed lower right recto; signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso
ALBJO0843
Crédits photo : @ainsiparlaitlart_gerardpocquet

Josef Albers delighted in pointing out that "in math and science, one plus one is two; in art, one plus one is two and also many more." Lifelong, he would periodically play two related forms against one another to demonstrate the multiple events, exciting and mysterious, 
that occur as a result of dualities. To juxtapose closely related forms enabled Josef to give you, the audience whom he cherished, a visual feast.

Josef Albers Anni, Sommer '28, 1928
Two (2) gelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard
11 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (29.2 x 41 cm)
Framed: 15 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (39.4 x 51.4 cm)

Josef was, at heart, a magician. Pairing resemblant forms created a surcharge of visual activity. As a teacher, starting from his early days when as a young man he taught classes in a one-room school in an agricultural region of his native Westphalia, through his time as the first student to be appointed a "master" at the Bauhaus, then during his years inspiring renegades at the experimental Black Mountain College and on into his teaching at Yale University and lec-turing all over North and South America and Germany, he inspired people to recognize the infinite possibilities of par-allel shapes. Eventually, as an octogenarian, he loved nothing more than to guide open-eyed children to see the wonderful visual events that can occur when two disparate elements are placed side by side.


Josef Albers · Study for Homage to the Square: A Rose is a Rose, 1969
Oil on Masonite 24 x 24 inches /  61 x 61 cm
Framed: 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches / 62.2 x 62.2 x 3.8 cm
Crédits photo : @ainsiparlaitlart_gerardpocquet


Sometimes Josef would have one element be simply a reversal of the other, but usually the pairings are more complex. In all instances, the viewer becomes engaged with the wonderful experience of two (and sometimes more) variations on a single theme. It is the sort of rich diversion provided by the music of J.S. Bach, whose work was one of Josef's lifelong passions. Duets is the first exhibition ever to focus on the powerful ways that one plus one is more than two.
-Nicholas Fox Weber


Ainsi Parlait l' Art. L' Art Universel.
L' Art Sacré.
L' Art Singulier, d' Ici et d'Ailleurs. 
L'Art de Marque Qui se Démarque.
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David Zwirner · Josef Albers Exposition " Duets" · 15 January–21 March 2026· Texte Nicholas Fox Weber · David Zwirner  Paris · 108, rue Vieille du Temple, 75003, Paris · Press Release
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