In intaglio, Albers rewires print to weave: the plate behaves like a warp, pressure sets the structure, differences sharpen into clarity.
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Benita Koch-Otte. Woven Wall Hanging, 1923–1924. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Benita Koch-Otte’s Modernism
The Intelligence of the LoomWith the loom’s grid and the camera’s frame, Benita Koch-Otte stages not ornament but reasoning, turning color into system, binding into composition, room into choreography, craft into ethos.
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Sonia Delaunay in her studio, c. 1970. Collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.
Sonia Delaunay’s postwar prints turn color into a public language. Harnessing serigraphy for crisp clarity, pochoir for tactility, intaglio for grain, and lithography for reach.
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Anni Albers. Triangulated Intaglio IV, 1976 (Detail). Image courtesy of Zeit Contemporary Art, New York.
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La Chola Poblete in her studio, by Agustina Lamborizio, 2022 / © La Chola Poblete
Liquid Bodies
Watercolor as a Queer MethodWith watercolor’s bleed, La Chola Poblete stages not illustration but embodiment, turning paper into skin, ornament into argument, desire into weather.
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Sol LeWitt. Irregular Grid, 2001 (Detail). Image courtesy of Zeit Contemporary Art, New York.
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Roberta González in her studio, 1964. Photograph by Alicia de Gamboa. Courtesy of the González Administration, Paris.
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View of Julio González' studio in Arcueil, France, 1937. Photograph by Marc Vaux, Paris, Bibliothèque Kandinsky at Centre Pompidou. Courtesy of the González Administration.
Crossing Paths
Julio González / Eduardo ChillidaJulio González and Eduardo Chillida are foundational figures in modern sculpture, redefining material, space, and form to shape a new 20th-century aesthetic. -
Amoako Boafo. Self Portrait (Yellow), 2020 (Detail). Courtesy of Zeit Contemporary Art, New York
Self-portraits are more than just reflections in a mirror; they are windows into the artist's soul, revealing layers of identity, emotion, and societal influence.
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Chillida Leku, the museum and sculpture park founded by the late Eduardo Chillida © Zabalaga Leku, San Sebastián; photograph by Gonzalo Machado.
As the art world commemorates the centenary of Eduardo Chillida's birth, several significant exhibitions across Europe are celebrating his profound impact.
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Zeit Contemporary Art is pleased to announce that Bryson Rand has been granted admission into Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Skowhegan is an intensive summer residency program for visual artists established in 1946. The resindency seeks each year to bring together a diverse group of individuals that have demonstrated high achivements in the field of visual arts. Founded by artists, and still governed by artists, the program provides an atmosphere in which participants are encouraged to work free of the expectations of the marketplace and academia.