“Josef Albers: Primary Colors”, an exhibition at the David Zwirner Hong Kong gallery, runs until March and is a showcase of the German-born artist’s peculiar obsession with painting coloured squares. Photo: David Zwirner
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Teacher of Robert Rauschenberg and Richard Serra, Josef Albers’ painted squares at David Zwirner Hong Kong present a compelling mystery
- What is the nature of colours? What do they do to us? How do our eyes react to them? These appear to be questions Josef Albers sought to answer in his squares
- He painted over 1,000 versions of Homage to the Square as if he wanted to finish a catalogue of colours. David Zwirner Hong Kong has a representative selection
“Josef Albers: Primary Colors”, an exhibition at the David Zwirner Hong Kong gallery, runs until March and is a showcase of the German-born artist’s peculiar obsession with painting coloured squares. Photo: David Zwirner
