Shrine 1942

Josef Albers made this print, called "Shrine," with ink on paper. It's all about seeing how simple lines can trick your eyes into seeing space. I imagine Albers, a total Bauhaus guy, being super into this idea of making something appear three-dimensional when it's really flat. You know, it's like he's saying, "Let's see what we can do with just a few lines." There’s a stillness to the geometry and the repetition, and that's where the 'shrine' part comes in. It reminds me a bit of Sol LeWitt, who also loved playing with simple forms. But Albers, he’s got this special thing for color, which you see in his other work. This print is like a sneak peek into how he thinks about space, getting us to question what we see. It's all connected, this conversation between artists through time, pushing each other to see the world in new ways.