Structural constellation. Alpha

Mediums: incised vinyl.
Location: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Spain).

The work belongs to a series of drawings and prints that Albers began in 1950 and which continue his experiments on visual ambiguity. As a teacher, the artist sought to instill in his students a special vision of the surrounding space and give them an opportunity to look at things from different angles of vision, which was most easily done with a clear example – a black and white drawing scratched on vinyl. The depicted form has a special configuration, which contradicts the laws of geometry and cannot exist in the real world, but improves your spatial thinking and expands the horizons of your perception. These studies of Joseph Albers were approved by the young generation of artists and served as a source for the emergence of the Op Art style, widespread in the USA in the 50s.