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Please Touch In her 1982 essay "Material As Metaphor," Anni Albers wrote: "How do we choose our specific material, our means of
communication? 'Accidentally.' Something speaks to us, a sound, a touch, hardness or softness, it catches us and asks us to be formed."
This October, the Tate dives into Albers's process, with a survey exhibition of more than 300 works by the artist. The show aims to capture
the richness and diversity of her oeuvre—especially her modern approach to the medium of textiles. TATE.ORG.UK
Anni Albers in her weaving studio
at Black Mountain College, 1937.
PHOTO
BY
HELEN
M.
POST,
WESTERN
REGIONAL
ARCHIVES,
STATE
ARCHIVES
OF
NORTH
CAROLINA.
