![]() ![]() He had these exercises in his colour class that drove everyone crazy. He knew that when you stand in front of 30 students you have an audience you must stop thinking of yourself as a painter and more like a musician or poet, because you are communicating with your body language and words, not drawing or painting. He was a showman who knew what he was talking about. He introduced me to haiku poetry, for example, which might sound strange, but when you think about the idea of “less is more”, then it makes sense. But there was much more to him than that. He saw painting as colour and got rid of design, layout and perspective, reducing it to a formula. ![]() Last week you said X, this week you said Y, and they seem to contradict each other,” to which Albers immediately replied: “Young lady, in that case you have a choice.” I remember one day a student in the class asked him: “Mr Albers, I am confused. What was clear was that he was the master and you were the student. ![]() He was a nice guy, but you couldn’t share a beer with him. No one would ever call him Joe it was always Mr Albers. ![]()
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