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Team Josef Albers Cap
This 6-panel cotton twill cap is an exclusive collaboration between Platform and the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. It celebrates the artist Josef Albers (1888-1976), one of the preeminent art teachers and color theorists of the 20th century, whose ‘Homage to the Square’ artworks are considered some of the masterworks of modern art. The cap’s colors are inspired by his work, and a portion of its proceeds will benefit Le Korsa, a nonprofit organization devoted to improving life in Senegal through education, health, art & culture.
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The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation perpetuates the vision of Anni and Josef Albers through exhibitions, publications, education, and outreach concomitant with the Alberses’ personal values.
Anni and Josef Albers were pioneering 20th-century artists whose work, writing, and teaching demonstrably transformed the way that people see color and the processes of making art.
Anni Albers is widely considered to be the foremost textile designer of the 20th century. She made major innovations in the field of functional materials and at the same time she expanded the possibilities of single weavings and individual artworks. She was also an adventurous graphic artist who took printmaking technique into previously uncharted territory.
Josef Albers, initially a teacher of elementary school, was one of the foremost art teachers of the 20th century. His approach to color and drawing now informs art education universally. He made groundbreaking art and designs in glass, woodworking, painting, and printmaking. The Homage to the Square paintings and prints that he began in 1950 and continued until his death in 1976 are among the masterworks of modern art.