Josef Albers and the Power of the Square: Color Theory in My Work
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Color is never alone. A red square on a blue background is a different red than that same square on yellow. Josef Albers proved this with thousands of variations in his iconic Homage to the Square series—a life's work that demonstrates that color is relative, always in dialogue with its surroundings. For me as an artist, Albers' color theory is fundamental: it's not about the color you choose, but about how that color interacts with other colors in your composition.
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